What is Scientific Racism?
May 24, 2018
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Today, we look at the weird age of scientific racism. What weird extremes did it get to?
For whatever dark reason in our reptile brains, hate is a common thread throughout our story. This series delves into this horrific part of the human experience
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Tucker, William H. (2007). The funding of Scientific Racism: Wickliffe Draper and the Pioneer Fund
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Shultz, D.P.; Shultz, S.E. (2008). A History of Modern Psychology (9th ed.)
Spiro, Jonathan P. (2009). Defending the Master Race: Conservation, Eugenics, and the Legacy of Madison Grant.
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