The scientific grounding of the migratory selection proposal from Azevedo Amaral and the disagreements about racism among Mendelians in the First Brazilian Eugenics Congress
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https://doi.org/10.53727/rbhc.v12i2.57Keywords:
Eugenics in Brazil, Azevedo Amaral, Edgard Roquette-Pinto, history of medicine, history of geneticsAbstract
This paper problematizes divergent perspectives about race and ethnicity, associating them to heredity ideas, in the Meetings Minutes and Papers from the First Brazilian Eugenics Congress. This event occurred in Rio de Janeiro, in 1929, and was regarded as the greatest public manifestation of eugenics in Brazil. We highlight the scientific grounding of the migratory selection proposal created by Azevedo Amaral and, on the other hand, the arguments from eugenicists against the proposal, led by Edgar Roquette-Pinto. This paper contributes by evidencing the narrow, complex influence of Mendelianism in the discussion of race and ethnicity by the Brazilian eugenicists.
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