1.1 million U.S. soldiers are subjects of a dubious psychological experiment
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1.1 million U.S. soldiers are subjects of a dubious psychological experiment

“In the 30 years that followed World War II, the federal government spent over $1.2 billion to fund psychological research, and much of this research was funded through the military services.” (Martin E.P. Seligman and Raymond D. Fowler, Comprehensive Soldier Fitness and the Future of Psychology, American Psychologist, 2011: cited…

“Racialized Science” Racial Selection of U.S. Soldiers
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“Racialized Science” Racial Selection of U.S. Soldiers

“Racialized science” is the misuse of scientific techniques to support racist hypotheses which are then used as a pretext to justify racism and discrimination “One aspect of the chemical warfare research program on mustard gas involved race-based human experimentation. In at least nine research projects conducted during the 1940s, scientists…