How Trump’s racist talk of immigrant ‘bad genes’ echoes some of the last century’s darkest ideas about eugenics
- Written by Shannon Bow O'Brien, Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
Donald Trump speaks at Madison Square Garden in New York on Oct. 27, 2024. John Salangsang/Invision/APRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly denounced immigrants who enter the U.S. illegally and the danger he says that poor immigrants of color pose for the U.S. – often using hateful language to make his point.
In early...