Agassiz’s scientific racism seeded the Holocaust and apartheid

Evidence

His theories not only supported enslavement in the United States, but planted seeds for the Holocaust and apartheid. Agassiz’s promotion of scientific racism has caused pain and suffering for untold numbers of people. — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 260

Categorization

• QUESTION: How directly is Agassiz connected to Nazi eugenics, vs. a general lineage of scientific racism? Worth checking the historical chain of influence.