A doctor who helped collect hundreds of unauthorized remains for the Smithsonian in the early 1900s disproportionately took the brains of Black people: report

A doctor who helped collect hundreds of unauthorized remains for the Smithsonian in the early 1900s disproportionately took the brains of Black people: report

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A Paleontology collection at the Smithsonian. Chip Clark The Washington Post found hundreds of brains from the Smithsonian were collected without consent. Many of the brains were taken from Black people with the help of local hospitals. The Smithsonian now says it will work to repatriate remains…

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