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Podcast: Macroaggressions
Episode: #328: The Unnatural Selection Of The Huxley Family
Description: The family tree of the Huxley clan has its roots in the dark world of Royal Society Eugenics disguised as scientific advancement and study. With deep mental illness as a thread running through multiple generations, the Huxleys used their expertise in the areas of science to justify their racism and bolster the push for eugenics from the Royal Society.
Thomas Huxley, a self-taught biologist, and anthropologist was known as “Darwin’s Bulldog” for his enthusiastic defense of Charles Darwin’s book “On The Origin Of Species”. His desire for a scientific model to explain why the British were predisposed...