eugenics

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That phrase has been appropriated by contemporary proponents of what used to be called eugenics, or scientific racism.

From Salon

What follows is a surreal adventure complete with harrowing eugenics experiments and lynchings, hair’s-breadth escapes and unlikely alliances.

From Los Angeles Times

But there may be an even darker edge to this new affection for disease among Republicans: eugenics.

From Salon

She arrived in the German city in 1927, after a days-long journey by ship, and began pursuing her degree under the mentorship of Fischer, a celebrated professor of anthropology and eugenics.

From BBC

Quilligan continues to be taught in universities and retold in academic books as a cautionary tale of eugenics and public health gone wrong, its plaintiffs hailed as reproductive-rights heroines.

From Los Angeles Times