Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss
by David Pegg, Tom Burgis, Hannah Devlin and Jason Wi from Science | The Guardian on (#6RGRH)
Group promoting dangerous' scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal
An international network of race science" activists seeking to influence public debate with discredited ideas on race and eugenics has been operating with secret funding from a multimillionaire US tech entrepreneur.
Undercover filming has revealed the existence of the organisation, formed two years ago as the Human Diversity Foundation. Its members have used podcasts, videos, an online magazine and research papers to seed dangerous ideology" about the supposed genetic superiority of certain ethnic groups.
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