Displaying human beings in cages to demonstrate scientific racist theories was common in the second half of the 19th century.
In a bizarre twist, many racist theories adopted by Hitler were being formed at roughly the same time here by a visiting geneticist.
Julius Evola is also an Italian figure of this period noted for racist theories.
He was one of the few Victorian intellectuals to oppose the racist theories popular at the time.
During Nazism, the museum diffused racist theories.
From this principle of relating sport to the "degeneration of the race" and other scientific racist theories, only one step had to be taken.
Some notable legislation which might be said to be based on racist theory:
The modern biological definition of race developed in the 19th century with scientific racist theories.
However in 1984 she was discredited by a booklet which accused her of alleged racist theories.
He based his theory of atavism on the prevailing scientific racist theories.