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The Human Biodiversity Institute (HBI) refers to a group of right-wing scientists, academics, and others associated with pseudoscientific race theories. These theories are given the euphemism "human biodiversity" (HBD).
Overview
The Human Biodiversity Institute was founded by Steve Sailer, a journalist who has written for VDARE, an American far-right political website.[1]
The "human biodiversity" (HBD) movement refers to a set of ideas about scientific racism that formed in the 1990's.[2][3][4]
Steve Sailer coined the term "human biodiversity" in the mid-1990's.[5]
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has also associated the Human Biodiversity Institute with neo-eugenics.[1]
Membership
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the members of the Human Biodiversity Institute consisted mainly of journalists, academics, and scientists who discussed "differences in race, sex and sexual orientation".[1]
Members of the Human Biodiversity Institute communicated primarily via an electronic mailing list.[6]
Views
The founder of the Human Biodiversity Institute, Steve Sailer, has characterized homosexuality as a "disease" that may be eliminated by parents in the future.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Beirich, Heidi; Moser, Bob (31 December 2003). "Northwestern University Psychology Professor J. Michael Bailey Looks into Queer Science". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ Hawley, George (2017). Making Sense of the Alt-Right. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0231185134.
- ^ Evans, Gavin (2 March 2018). "The unwelcome revival of 'race science'". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ Hemmer, Nicole (28 March 2017). "'Scientific racism' is on the rise on the right. But it's been lurking there for years". Vox. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ Hermansson, Patrik; Lawrence, David; Mulhall, Joe; Murdoch, Simon (2020). "For Whom the Bell Curves: The alt-right and pseudoscientific racism". The International Alt-Right: Fascism for the 21st Century?. Routledge. ISBN 9780429032486.
- ^ Dreger, AD (June 2008). "The controversy surrounding "The man who would be queen": a case history of the politics of science, identity, and sex in the Internet age". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 37 (3): 366–421. doi:10.1007/s10508-007-9301-1. PMC 3170124. PMID 18431641.
