eugenics

The term “eugenics” was coined in 1883 by Francis Galton, who aimed to apply the findings of his cousin, Charles Darwin, to better society.

Some critics interpreted the ads as a play on eugenics, the discredited belief that humanity could be improved through selective breeding.

Kennedy has signaled his own fidelity to eugenics by suggesting recently that people with autism are nonfunctional members of society…

Those ads, which centered around a pun on the phrase “good genes,” were accused of promoting eugenics.

Earlier this summer, the blond-haired, blue-eyed “Euphoria” starred in an ad campaign that critics accused of promoting eugenics.