eugenics

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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  • Moore said Wilson passionately advocated for the program over the past decades in Brookfield schools, as segregation can still be prevalent.
    Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Never mind white World War Two soldiers’ relationship to segregation within the army itself, and ensuring that Black veterans couldn’t be entitled to the same VA resources, couldn’t move into the same neighborhoods that white veterans moved into.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Eugenics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eugenics. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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