During the 19th century, racial categorization took on a pseudoscientific stance. This program shows how the academic racism of the period helped to spread imperialist policies across the globe. Sifting through the “science” of eugenics and its link to social Darwinism, the film juxtaposes the racial hygiene theories of Robert Knox, Francis Galton, and Eugen Fischer with racial warfare in Tasmania, Victorian apathy in famine-wracked India, and—prefacing the Holocaust—horrific German colonization tactics in Namibia. Expert commentary comes from author David Dabydeen, Dr. Maria Misra of Oxford University, and Professor Catherine Hall of University College London. Contains graphic footage from concentration camps. Original BBC broadcast title: A Fatal Impact.

Films Media Group

Racism -- History, Stereotypes (Social psychology), Eugenics -- History, Social Darwinism

Edmonds, Jimmy (Editor), Okonedo, Sophie (Narrator), Olusoga, David (Producer), Olusoga, David (Director), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) (Distributor), BBC Education & Training (Producer)

00:51:55 (HH:MM:SS)

English

Higher education

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