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Self-Evident Lies: Eugenics, Social Policy, An Imperfect Union

podcast December 15, 2019


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In this episode, the hosts discuss how beliefs that certain groups are inferior and less desirable components of the American Dream fostered the Eugenics movement in the U.S.; justified legal support for slavery, Jim Crow,  and forced sterilization; and influenced U.S. policies on immigration, government programs, and criminal law enforcement.

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