Eugenics is the pseudoscientific practice of selectively breeding humans to "improve" genetic traits. Historically used to justify forced sterilizations and immigration restrictions, it primarily benefited those in power seeking to marginalize disabled, poor, and minority groups. Modern genetics rejects eugenics as unethical and scientifically flawed.
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