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SUMMARY:21st century eugenics\, scientific racism and the academic communi
 ty: how science is manipulated to promote political ideology - Professor R
 ebecca Sear from Centre for Culture and Evolution\, Brunel University
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CONTACT:Caroline Newnham
DESCRIPTION:Eugenics – the ideology that human populations can be ‘imp
 roved’ through policies such as selective reproduction – emerged as a 
 popular political movement in the early 20th century. Its popularity osten
 sibly waned during the late 20th century\, but eugenic ideology never went
  away\, and discussion of eugenics is now resurging. In this talk\, I outl
 ine the instrumental role of academia in promoting eugenic ideology\, and 
 how eugenic ideology still thrives in 21st academia. I focus particularly 
 on the issue of scientific racism – the misuse of science to justify rac
 ial inequalities and hierarchies. Scientific racism aims to further the id
 eology that certain people and groups are inferior to others\, a fundament
 al principle of eugenics. I end by discussing how academia can counter thi
 s exploitation of the research community for political ends.
LOCATION:Part II room\, Department of Genetics and Zoom
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