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August 15, 2023

Smithsonian Still Holds "Racial Brain Collection" Gathered by Racist Anthropologist in Early 20th Century
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The Washington Post has revealed the Smithsonian Institution holds a
so-called racial brain collection that contains 255 brains gathered in
the first half of the 20th century at the behest of a racist
anthropologist who was trying to scientifically prove the superiority of
white people. An investigation by The Washington Post found most of the
brains in the Smithsonian collection were removed from dead Black and
Indigenous people and other people of color, often taken without consent
from their families.


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