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Although eugenics is now widely discredited, some groups and individuals claim a new scientific basis for old racist assumptions. Pondering the continuing influence of racist research and thought, despite all evidence to the contrary, Robert Wald Sussman explains why—when it comes to race—too many people still mistake bigotry for science.

© 2018 Tantor Media (Hljóðbók): 9781977376831

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Hljóðbók: 13 mars 2018

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