Why did racism and segregation against black Americans persist so long after the end of slavery? The answer is pretty shocking and disturbing, at least to me. Let's talk about it.
In this episode:
- Why has racism persisted?
- Why I'm skeptical of "settled science"
- Polygenism v Monogenism
- Darwin enters the scene
- The Eugenics movement is born
- Human Zoos in America and the story of Ota Benga
- The eugenicists who inspired Hitler
- How the legacy of the scientific racism and eugenics movement still continues today
- What are we to make of this?
Sources:
Documentary about Human Zoos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY6Zrol5QEk
Scientific Racism Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_racism
The Racism of PT Barnum https://cinemacy.com/the-greatest-showman-revises-the-dark-history-of-p-t-barnum/
Eugenics Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics#cite_note-credoreference.com-20
Planned Parenthood and the eugenics movement: https://www.liveaction.org/news/planned-parenthoods-connections-to-eugenics/
Polygenism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygenism
Leanard Darwin wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Darwin
Madison Grant Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Grant
What America taught the Nazis: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/11/what-america-taught-the-nazis/540630/
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