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Focuses on a time in the early 1900's when many people believed that some "races", classes and individuals were superior to others. A new branch of scientific inquiry known as Eugenics was used to justify these prejudices and advocate programs and policies aimed at solving the nation's problems by ridding society of "inferior racial traits".Facing History and Ourselves is the author of 'Race And Membership in American History: The Eugenics Movement', published 2002 under ISBN 9780961584191 and ISBN 096158419X.
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