scientific racism 
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SOURCE: ArcDigital
2/11/2021
Phrenology Is Here To Stay
by Courtney E. Thompson
Liberal journalists have treated present-day exponents of phrenology as kooks. This is a dangerous dismissal of phrenology's origins among the 19th century intellectual elite which encourages false security that today's science is insulated from social currents of racism, sexism, or other power politics.
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SOURCE: Boston Review
1/27/2021
The Logic of Eugenics Still Haunts Virginia
Ellen Wayland-Smith reviews Elizabeth Catte's book Pure America: Eugenics and the Making of Modern Virginia.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
4/30/19
A brief history of the enduring phony science that perpetuates white supremacy
Feauturing the reserach of historian Ibram X. Kendi.
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