Scientific racism
Overview
Scientific racism is the use of scientific techniques and hypotheses to sanction the belief in racial superiority or racism
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This is not the same as using scientific findings and the scientific method
to investigate differences among the humans and argue that there are races. In biological classification
differences between animal groups are investigated without necessarily claiming that one group is superior to others.
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
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This is not the same as using scientific findings and the scientific method
Scientific method
Scientific method refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of...
to investigate differences among the humans and argue that there are races. In biological classification
Biological classification
Biological classification, or scientific classification in biology, is a method to group and categorize organisms by biological type, such as genus or species. Biological classification is part of scientific taxonomy....
differences between animal groups are investigated without necessarily claiming that one group is superior to others.
