When considering race, gender, and genetic technologies, most often we think of how the human body is potentially usurped, replaced, or manipulated by the technologies and those that create them.  Such considerations are important as they help to resurrect forgotten or overlooked historical narratives that map the subordination and exploitation of vulnerable or politically disenfranchised children, men, and women.  Goodwin brings to light important corollaries that should also be a part of a conversation that considers race, gender, and biotechnology.  Goodwin urges a broadened, nuanced conversation that acknowledges the potential for technology to aid people of color, while also considering how people of color are displaced by biotechnologies in realms where technology most enters their lives: food.  In her talk, Goodwin will examine how the rapid efforts to manipulate and patent crops undermine the economic strength and independence of people of color around the globe, because it displaces farmers and places them in intense competition with corporate entities with greater political, legal, and economic power.