Eugenics

Eugenics is the scientifically inaccurate theory that humans can be improved through selective breeding of populations. Eugenics is an inaccurate theory linked to historical and present-day forms of discrimination, racism, ableism and colonialism. Eugenicists believed in a prejudiced and incorrect understanding of Mendelian genetics that claimed abstract human qualities (e.g., intelligence and social behaviors) were inherited … Continue reading Eugenics