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Mehmet Oz channeling his eugenic ancestors. The installation in this photo was set up at a "Fitter Families" contest in 1926, and draws the same explicit connections between health, the nation and patriotism that Mehmet does here. Have a read through what it says. Source: Eugenics Archive.
May 9, 2025, 11:31 AM
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