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Analysis of “Idiocracy” and “Scientific Racism: The Eugenics of Social Realism” In this unit, you are to watch the short clip of the openin" rel="nofollow">ing of Idiocracy (2006) and the documentary “Scientific Racism: The Eugenics of Social Darwin" rel="nofollow">inism” produced by the BBC. After havin" rel="nofollow">ing done so, and after havin" rel="nofollow">ing watched the vodcasts and done the textbook readin" rel="nofollow">ings for this unit (I uploaded the videos and textbook in" rel="nofollow">in the files below, textbook readin" rel="nofollow">ings require pages (1-44 and 217-239)), you are to write about eugenics in" rel="nofollow">in popular culture today. Usin" rel="nofollow">ing the course material (vodcasts, readin" rel="nofollow">ings, assigned videos) as your basis, reflect on the prevalence and meanin" rel="nofollow">ing of eugenics thought, attitudes, and assumptions in" rel="nofollow">in today’s news, policies, literature, and film. Is eugenics thought present today? If so, to what degree? Has it changed over time? Does it still matter? This assignment may require you to do outside research. You can look at major news sources like nytimes.com, bbc.co.uk, latimes.com, Aljazeera.com, npr.org, nwpr.org, economist.com, pri.org. (Use the search bars on these webpages to fin" rel="nofollow">ind older news articles. Just search for a relevant term like “Eugenics.”)