as in segregation
the practice of controlling which people become parents in an attempt to improve the genetic composition of the human race
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segregation
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Jackson played football at Sterling High School in Greenville, and famously protested library segregation with a group known as the Greenville Eight.—
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While both West Indians and Afro Panamanians were subjected to segregation and police brutality, the Americans running the Canal Zone tended to treat the English-speaking West Indians better.—
Brendan Frizzell,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Eugenics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eugenics. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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