Authors and Backgrounds
This historian from Stanford wrote Racism: A Short History
Who is George M. Fredrickson?
Fredrickson argues that racism only emerged after this political idea gained popularity
What is the idea of human equality?
In the early 1900s, some claimed that interracial offspring suffered from "genetic" this
What is disharmony
This infamous study denied Black men treatment for syphilis in the name of science
What is the Tuskegee Experiment?
Tucker's work connects with this historian's by showing how racism was built alongside this ideal
What is equality?
Who is William H. Tucker?
According to Tucker, people used science to make racism appear this
What is socially acceptable
This man, a president of the Behavior Genetics Association, claimed interracial mixing damaged white genes
Who is Glayde Whitney
Tucker's article draws parallels between scientific racism and this unethical sterilization of Latina women
What is forced sterilization?
The author argues that science should never determine this about a person
What are their rights?
Tucker completed his Master's and PhD in psychology at this Ivy League university
What is Princeton University?
Tucker's central argument is that science should never be used for this purpose
What is discrimination?
This psychologist tied to white supremacist groups claimed race caused differences in crime and intelligence
Who is J. Philippe Rushton?
The belief that Black people were less likely to suffer from syphilis was used to justify their inclusion in this study
What is the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis?
Tucker shows how racist beliefs were made to look factual using this method
What is pseudoscience?
Before Rutgers, William H. Tucker earned his undergraduate degree at this Maine college
What is Bates College?
The use of science to support racism is described by Tucker as a misuse of this
What is the scientific method?
The misapplication of this monk's genetic work was used to support racial purity myths
Who is Gregor Mendel?
Claims that Black people lacked morality or intelligence were used to justify this kind of racial policy
What is segregation?
This course theme - highlighting opposition to inequality - is reflected in Tucker's work
What is activism?
William H. Tucker is best known for examining the misuse of this field to justify racism
Tucker claims that as society became more equal, racism had to become more this
What is justified
These kind of scientists promoted false ideas to support racial segregation and bans interracial marriage
Who are eugenicists
These laws, often supported by racist science, banned romantic relationships between races
What are anti-miscegenation laws?
This course principle connects medical racism to scientific racism, seen in both Tuskegee and Tucker's essay
What is science and medicine?