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

Those ads, which centered around a pun on the phrase “good genes,” were accused of promoting eugenics.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025

Now there’s an argument across social media: Did Sweeney and the retailer play fast and loose with eugenics to sell jeans?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

Mr. Yacub began his work by setting up a eugenics law on the island of Patmos.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey