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'Control' chronicles the dark history of eugenics and its ongoing impact

'Control' chronicles the dark history of eugenics and its ongoing impact

FromNPR's Book of the Day


'Control' chronicles the dark history of eugenics and its ongoing impact

FromNPR's Book of the Day

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Length:
11 minutes
Released:
Nov 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Adam Rutherford is a geneticist and author who just wrote a new book about the history of eugenics, and he tells NPR's Rebecca Ramirez that the political ideology is not just a relic of the past, but very much still relevant today. In this episode, Rutherford explains how anti-immigrant fear in the 19th century spurred popularity for an unscientific practice that was eventually embraced by Nazis – and has a complicated relationship with today's reproductive rights movement.
Released:
Nov 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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