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Coronation Street's Ali King & Chris Gascoyne Speed Round (2018)
Photo by SS / The Acumen Group / (c) 2018 The Acumen magazine team usually ask a series of short response questions, known as the Speed Round, to end celebrity interviews. The function of the Speed Round is to determine whether or not we’ve made the subjects comfortable enough to divulge more candid information about themselves or their beliefs. None of the questions are particularly risqué or controversial, but do offer insight into the performers, rather than the characters


Reflections on a Century: The Legacy of the American Eugenics Society
The American Eugenics Society (AES) marked its 100th anniversary recently, prompting reflection on its complex and controversial history. Founded in 1926, the AES aimed to promote eugenics, a movement focused on improving human populations through controlled breeding. Over the past century, the society's legacy has sparked debate, raising questions about ethics, science, and social impact. Origins and Goals of the American Eugenics Society The AES was established during a tim


Fitness Challenge! Change Your Television Habits
Snowy days bring millions before television screens to binge-watch programs. What audiences ingest as images impact their minds and...


In the Shadows of Brown
MASSIVE RESISTANCE & THE COURT'S BROWN II DECISION - DR. SHANTELLA SHERMAN, PUBLISHER Our nation commemorated the 70th anniversary of the...


Skin Game
HARVARD BOOK MADE OF HUMAN SKIN BRINGS ANTHROPODERMIC BIBLIOPEGY TO LIGHT Dr. Shantella Sherman, Acumen Publisher When French physician...


The Eugenic 3Ds in Ireland
Our IKG Wisdom Wednesday talk opened the discussion of the eugenic labelings: Defective Delinquent and Dependent in classifying students....


THE EUGENIC ROOTS OF COLORISM
The genetic correlation between inner moral character and exterior physiognomy was commonly asserted by eugenicists in the late 1920s and...


SHADES OF DISCONTENT: FACING COLORISM
Artist Ashley A. Jones Discusses The Colorism Project Ashley A. Jones, an African American visual artist, based in Pittsburgh, has...


Deadline for Forced Sterilization Compensation, Dec. 31
California survivors, descendants able to claim for 1909 to present-day trauma By Ashley Woods ACUMEN Intern The deadline is nearing for...


Popular Eugenic themes in "A Piece of the Action"
REFORMING THE UNREFORMABLE (from POP-EU) Sidney Poitier joined comedian Bill Cosby in a trio of films (Let’s Do It Again, Uptown...
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