eugenics
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Schottenstein, an Orthodox Jew, was perplexed at the criticism that the campaign smacked of eugenics, the Nazi-embraced theory that selective reproduction can advance the human race.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
Treating autism as a problem that needs fixing, some claim, is eugenics.
From Slate • Sep. 25, 2025
Some critics interpreted the ads as a play on eugenics, the discredited belief that humanity could be improved through selective breeding.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025
What AE framed as playful wordplay struck a nerve with critics, who argued it echoed historic eugenics rhetoric, particularly given the ad’s focus on her physical appearance like her blond hair and blue eyes.
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025
In the spring of 1904, Galton presented his argument for eugenics at a public lecture at the London School of Economics.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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