Scientific racism in modern America, 1870s-1990s

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Members of non-White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) communities in the US have been facing varying degrees of racism between the 1870s and the 1990s. Most vulnerable to such racism are African-Americans and Jews. WASP scientists have tried to use scientific evidences to prove the superiority of the Nordic race over all other races through anthropometry, IQ tests, genetics and environment. Although race relations have improved, American society still tends to be tribalistic in its attitudes towards race.

Test validity, Race relations, Anthropometry, Intelligence tests

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American social science and the invention of affirmative action, 1920s-1970s

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Pres Lyndon B. Johnson used contemporary American social science when arguing that biology provided equal potential for all races but society shaped opportunity. In creating programs he called affirmative action, Johnson maintained black people had been uniquely discriminated against and victimized and that remedies must be racially based.

Social policy, Political aspects, Affirmative action, Social science research, Johnson, Lyndon B.

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A modern dilemma: changing notions of truth and expertise in 20th-century American medical science

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The idea regarding the notions like truth, objective and expertise for a professional is discussed. These notions have a history of their own in which they have meant different things than they mean today, or have meant in other epochs in our national history.

Science & research, Research, Medical sciences, Yellow fever

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