I think my fav part of this story so far as that some of the first people to rat him out were his Hopkins colleagues.
From how I understand it, the entire range of human genetic difference can be found within a given community- I am just as likely to be genetically similar to some random person in Africa as I am genetically different from my partner or my neighbor.
ETA: Eugenics suffered from a concentration problem: The belief that a dramatic difference in appearance must be based on a significant difference in genetic make-up. The people who still believe this shit are the same who insist that carbon dioxide can’t really influence climate because it’s such a small percentage of the total chemical make-up of the atmosphere.
