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What do you mean by eugenics? That academics studied eugenics? Or that eugenics was widely popular among academics? I guess the pendulum always swings to the e
by htss2013 3y ago
What do you mean by eugenics? That academics studied eugenics? Or that eugenics was widely popular among academics?
I guess the pendulum always swings to the extreme other direction. Today, the more disadvantaged your intersectional identity, the better your prospects in academia.
- gen220 3y agoThat eugenics was widely popular among academics, especially in certain disciplines like Psychology (the founding members of the APA were all eugenicists). As an example I'm familiar with, the first generations of academics at Stanford University were socially-active eugenicists (see the founding President, David Starr Jordan, who hired people like Ellwood Cubberley and Lewis Terman). Many buildings, awards, dorms, department chairs are still named after these people.