Editing Pseudoscience (section)

===Racism===
There have been many connections between pseudoscientific writers and researchers and their anti-semitic, racist and [[neo-Nazi]] backgrounds. They often use pseudoscience to reinforce their beliefs. One of the most predominant pseudoscientific writers is [[Frank Collin]], a self-proclaimed Nazi who goes by Frank Joseph in his writings.<ref name="ocYkg">{{cite web|title=Frank Joseph|url=https://www.innertraditions.com/author/frank-joseph|website=Inner Traditions|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-date=16 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716201807/https://www.innertraditions.com/author/frank-joseph|url-status=live}}</ref> The majority of his works include the topics of [[Atlantis]], extraterrestrial encounters, and [[Lemuria (continent)|Lemuria]] as well as other ancient civilizations, often with [[white supremacist]] undertones. For example, he posited that European peoples migrated to North America before [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]], and that all Native American civilizations were initiated by descendants of [[white people]].<ref name="RxsMI">{{cite web|last1=Colavito|first1=Jason|title=Review of "Power Places And The Master Builders of Antiquity" By Frank Joseph|url=http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/review-of-power-places-and-the-master-builders-of-antiquity-by-frank-joseph|website=Jason Colavito|access-date=4 December 2020|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125111536/http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/review-of-power-places-and-the-master-builders-of-antiquity-by-frank-joseph|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Alt-Right]] using pseudoscience to base their ideologies on is not a new issue. The entire foundation of anti-semitism is based on pseudoscience, or [[scientific racism]]. In an article from ''[[Newsweek]]'' by Sander Gilman, Gilman describes the pseudoscience community's anti-semitic views. "Jews as they appear in this world of pseudoscience are an invented group of ill, stupid or stupidly smart people who use science to their own nefarious ends. Other groups, too, are painted similarly in 'race science', as it used to call itself: African-Americans, the Irish, the Chinese and, well, any and all groups that you want to prove inferior to yourself".<ref name="ETQep">{{cite web|last1=Gilman|first1=Sander|title=The Alt-Right's Jew-Hating Pseudoscience Is Not New|url=https://www.newsweek.com/alt-right-jew-hating-pseudoscience-not-new-769309|website=Newsweek|date=3 January 2018|access-date=28 November 2020|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109033008/http://www.newsweek.com/alt-right-jew-hating-pseudoscience-not-new-769309|url-status=live}}</ref> Neo-Nazis and white supremacist often try to support their claims with studies that "prove" that their claims are more than just harmful stereotypes. For example [[Bret Stephens]] published a column in ''[[The New York Times]]'' where he claimed that [[Ashkenazi Jews]] had the highest [[IQ]] among any ethnic group.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/opinion/jewish-culture-genius-iq.html|title=The Secrets of Jewish Genius|last=Stephens|first=Bret|date=December 28, 2019|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=21 April 2021|archive-date=23 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423114651/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/opinion/jewish-culture-genius-iq.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the scientific methodology and conclusions reached by the article Stephens cited has been called into question repeatedly since its publication. It has been found that at least one of that study's authors has been identified by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] as a white nationalist.<ref name="aqHYS">{{cite web|last1=Shapiro|first1=Adam|title=The Dangerous Resurgence in Race Science|url=https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/macroscope/the-dangerous-resurgence-in-race-science|website=American Scientist|date=27 January 2020|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116062011/https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/macroscope/the-dangerous-resurgence-in-race-science|url-status=live}}</ref>

The journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' has published a number of editorials in the last few years warning researchers about extremists looking to abuse their work, particularly population geneticists and those working with ancient [[DNA]]. One article in ''Nature'', titled "Racism in Science: The Taint That Lingers" notes that early-twentieth-century [[eugenic]] pseudoscience has been used to influence public policy, such as the [[Immigration Act of 1924]] in the United States, which sought to prevent immigration from Asia and parts of Europe.<ref name="oRFef">{{cite journal|last1=Nelson|first1=Robin|title=Racism in Science: The Taint That Lingers|journal=Nature|year=2019|volume=570|issue=7762|pages=440–441|doi=10.1038/d41586-019-01968-z|bibcode=2019Natur.570..440N|s2cid=195354000|doi-access=free}}</ref>