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Scientific Racist: the story of Alfred Newman

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:51:37
Publish Date: 2023-06-08 17:00:00
Description: Dr Alfred Newman may be the most notorious scientific racist in New Zealand history. His 1882 paper "A study of the causes leading to the extinction of the Māori" used such extreme and callous language that it scandalised not just Māori, but also New Zealand's wider scientific community. So what can Newman's story tell us about the history of scientific racism in Aotearoa?
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