The American Society of Human Genetics practiced eugenics against Jews, Blacks, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ+ people, and others who didn’t fit into false ideas of racial purity and genetic fitness.
The world’s largest human genetics group apologized for some of its founding members’ role in the American eugenics movement and the negative ways they exploited science to justify racism, violence, and sterilizations.
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