How was the Pioneer Fund's founding goal described?
Educational equity
Civil rights
To promote eugenics
To encourage peace
Answer
The Pioneer Fund, established in 1937, aimed to advance the study and application of eugenics, a pseudoscientific concept promoting the idea that selective breeding of humans would lead to improved racial traits and social outcomes. The fund supported efforts to limit reproduction among certain groups perceived to have inferior genetic traits.
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