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In 2006, author Alon Ziv published the first edition of Breeding Between the Lines, a haphazard exploration of the idea that mixed-race people are inherently “healthier and more attractive” than people of non-mixed backgrounds.
“The biology of race is a sensitive topic with an ugly history, but Breeding Between the Lines approaches it responsibly,” the book’s website reads. “Ziv presents evidence from academic journals, world history, census counts, and pop culture to explain why interracial individuals have measurable physical and mental advantages.”
Though Ziv has described his work as a factual, objective”biology book” backed by peer-reviewed studies, it’s a book promoting eugenics for the modern age.
Traditionally, when we think about eugenics, we’re thinking about the problematic theories that were once used to justify anti-miscegenation laws, segregation, and the forced sterilization of minorities. For decades here in the U.S., social norms and policies rooted in eugenic ideology played a major role in the disenfranchisement of and discrimination against people of color who were considered genetically inferior to white people.
Though the book’s a decade old, it recently went into...