Scientific racism refers to the classification of different races due to physical features and the understanding that those differences are of different worth. Both German and Australian authority, considered this practice a science, but with increasing scientific evidence, this was deemed a pseudoscience.
The respective countries used scientific racism as justification for the things done to the races they classified as inferior.
In Germany, social Darwinism was a basis for many of the laws created, such as the Nuremberg Race Laws. This excluded Jews from Reich citizenship and they couldn’t have marriages outside of their race. This was based on the fact that Jews were the inferior race and that their genes would contaminate the pure, Aryan …show more content…
This is a systematic arrangement in group according to established criteria. In Germany, Hitler made one group according to many things. The people who fell into this category were the Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, mentally ill, homosexuals etc. these people weren’t easily distinguishable from the Aryan race, so they had to get tests performed on them to verify their status. This group of people were classified as subhuman. By creating the division, this in turn created an “us” vs “them” mentality within the society just like in Australia. Aborigines didn’t need to be identified through testing as their features were …show more content…
Jews were compared to plants in the same way nature had a hierarchy. Basic human rights were taken away. Jews were removed from schools and shops were boycotted. The Star of David had the same effect that the brand of a cow had. In the same way, Aborigines were seen as animals too. Primitive and underdeveloped. They were killed off, by people having killing sprees. The government gave licences to hunt. Nazi Germany, mainly the Schutzstaffel, organised the genocide. Laws such as the Aborigines protection amendment act in 1915 were passed
The respective countries used scientific racism as justification for the things done to the races they classified as inferior.
In Germany, social Darwinism was a basis for many of the laws created, such as the Nuremberg Race Laws. This excluded Jews from Reich citizenship and they couldn’t have marriages outside of their race. This was based on the fact that Jews were the inferior race and that their genes would contaminate the pure, Aryan …show more content…
This is a systematic arrangement in group according to established criteria. In Germany, Hitler made one group according to many things. The people who fell into this category were the Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, mentally ill, homosexuals etc. these people weren’t easily distinguishable from the Aryan race, so they had to get tests performed on them to verify their status. This group of people were classified as subhuman. By creating the division, this in turn created an “us” vs “them” mentality within the society just like in Australia. Aborigines didn’t need to be identified through testing as their features were …show more content…
Jews were compared to plants in the same way nature had a hierarchy. Basic human rights were taken away. Jews were removed from schools and shops were boycotted. The Star of David had the same effect that the brand of a cow had. In the same way, Aborigines were seen as animals too. Primitive and underdeveloped. They were killed off, by people having killing sprees. The government gave licences to hunt. Nazi Germany, mainly the Schutzstaffel, organised the genocide. Laws such as the Aborigines protection amendment act in 1915 were passed