Keepers of the Flame

<p>In the 1970s Barry Mehler started tracking race scientists and he noticed something funny: they all had the same funding source. One wealthy man was using his incredible resources to prop up any scientist he could find who would validate his white supremacist ideology<span class="x_contentpasted1">—</span><span class= "x_contentpasted2">and make it seem like it was backed by a legitimate scientific consensus.</span></p> <h2>About <em>Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race</em></h2> <p>“Keepers of the Flame” is Episode 3 of <em><a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/innate">Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race</a>, </em>a podcast and magazine project that explores the historical roots and persistent legacies of racism in American science and medicine. Published through <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations">Distillations</a>, the Science History Institute’s highly acclaimed digital content platform, the project examines the scientific origins of support for racist theories, practices, and policies. <em>Innate </em>is made possible in part by the <em><a title= "https://www.neh.gov/" href="https://www.neh.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom</a>.</em></p> <h2>Credits</h2> <p>Hosts: <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/alexis-j-pedrick">Alexis Pedrick</a> and <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/elisabeth-berry-drago">Elisabeth Berry Drago</a><br /> Senior Producer: <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/mariel-carr">Mariel Carr</a><br /> Producer: <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/rigoberto-hernandez">Rigoberto Hernandez</a><br /> Associate Producer: <a href= "https://sciencehistory.org/profile/padmini-parthasarathy">Padmini Ragunath</a><br /> Audio Engineer: <a href="https://www.podbrain.org/">Jonathan Pfeffer</a></p> <p>“Innate Theme” composed by <a href= "https://www.podbrain.org/">Jonathan Pfeffer</a>. Additional music by <a href="https://www.sessions.blue/" targe