Race, Racism, and Antiracism: UNESCO and the Politics of Presenting Science to the Postwar Public.

The article focuses on the measures taken by UNESCO to prevent the sort of race-based prejudice that lead to the Jewish Holocaust in Europe by creating a program that would discourage racism existing under the guise of science. The plan for such a program did not come to fruition because of internat...

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Published in:	American Historical Review Vol. 112; no. 5; pp. 1386 - 1414
Main Author:	Brattain, Michelle
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Dec2007
Subjects:	UNESCO Science & society Scientific community Racism in the social sciences National socialism & science Prevention of racism
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