These are theories that propose divisions among humans into distinct races, asserting superiority or inferiority based on these perceived racial differences.
Eugenics: The science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase desirable heritable traits.
Social Darwinism: An ideology that applies biological concepts like survival of the fittest to sociology and politics, often used as justification for social inequality or imperialism.
Racism: Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone from a different race based on beliefs about one's own race's superiority.
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