• Armand1@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    The Nazis praised the US’s “scientific” approach to racism and eugenics.

    Measuring people’s heads; IQ tests served in a person’s non-native language and relied on specific knowledge of American culture; Plain old racist rhetoric like calling people “dangerous”, “criminals” with no evidence. (Sound familiar?)

    Anything to prove that black and foreign people were inferior and should be exploited, in a classic “we know the answer and we must cherry pick the data to reach that conclusion”.

    A lot of these tools were taken up by the Nazis for their persecution of Jews, and now they’re coming right back around.

    This is an educated meme.

    • Bloomcole@lemmy.ml
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      30 minutes ago

      Hitler sent a certain Dr Mengele to study at the Carnegie Institution to learn about the ‘Nordic Race’.
      Why is it always the philanthropists?