The Right's Obsession with Autism, with Chris Hayes and Roy Grinker, Ph.D.

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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: In the Trump-era, and within the public health narrative shaped by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a debunked but persistent myth has taken hold: that infant vaccinations cause autism. Despite overwhelming scientific evidence disproving this claim, the narrative remains central to anti-vaccine rhetoric.

Professor Richard Grinker, a cultural anthropologist and director of The George Washington University Institute for Ethnographic Research, joins Chris Hayes to examine how autism has become a political obsession, recent inflection points, what the research says about autism being under diagnosed or over diagnosed, and more.
MEET CHRIS'S GUEST: Professor Roy Richard Grinker is an American cultural anthropologist who is a Professor of Anthropology, International Affairs, and Human Sciences at The George Washington University (GWU). He also serves as the Director of GWU's Institute for Ethnographic Research and is the editor-in-chief of the journal, "Anthropological Quarterly." His expertise covers a wide range of subjects, including: Psychological and medical anthropology, particularly autism and mental illness stigma.

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