Ideology’s grip on scientists explains race-thinking’s scientific penetration

Evidence

The blame is not to be laid on any science as such, but rather on certain scientists who were no less hypnotized by ideologies than their fellow-citizens. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 433

Categorization

• XREF: Echo of the reader’s scaffold on colonial psychology — experts as captives of their society’s ideology rather than neutral observers.