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Starred Review on April 1, 2019 | science & technology
British science journalist Saini (Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong) takes an unflinching look at how 19th-century science provided an intellectual framework for the development and ranking of racial categories and the widespread acceptance of eugenics. Though Nazi Germany's genocidal use of racial purity theories forced these ideas into the shadows, racists didn't disappear after World War II. Instead, they moved into less controversial fiel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More