One Drop of Blood, Two Drops of Hate: The Science Behind Racism

Authors

Kaéla HarriganFollow

Files

Instructor/Advisor

Dr. Debra Michals

Keywords

history, science, racism

Abstract

This project invesitages how science has been used in service of racism and how racism and scientific inquiry are intertwined, causing how we think of race to be thought of as a biological component of identity instead of a social one.

Recommended Citation

Harrigan, Kaéla, "One Drop of Blood, Two Drops of Hate: The Science Behind Racism" (2025). RCAC 2025 Posters. 65.
https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/rcac_2025_posters/65