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== History ==
== History ==
[[Plato]] suggested eugenics around 400 BCE.
[[Plato]] suggested eugenics around 400 BCE.
The Statesian eugenicist [[Madison Grant]] theorized that there was a [[White genocide|genocide against whites]] in the 1910s and inspired [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Mitchell Jones|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=Communities come together after fascist attack in Buffalo, N.Y. — Biden responds with more cops|date=2022-05-22|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/communities-come-together-after-fascist-attack-in-buffalo-ny-biden-responds-with-more-cops/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023225330/https://www.liberationnews.org/communities-come-together-after-fascist-attack-in-buffalo-ny-biden-responds-with-more-cops/|archive-date=2023-10-23}}</ref>


In 1927, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] ruled 8 to 1 in favor of forced sterilization in ''Buck v. Bell''. By the 1970s, southern states had sterilized about 70,000 people, mostly Black women, and 30% of the [[Commonwealth of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] population was sterilized. Forced sterilization continues in [[Prison|prisons]] in [[State of California|California]] to this day.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Sue Davis|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger problem|date=2020-08-19|url=https://www.workers.org/2020/08/50683/|retrieved=2023-08-12}}</ref>
In 1927, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] ruled 8 to 1 in favor of forced sterilization in ''Buck v. Bell''. By the 1970s, southern states had sterilized about 70,000 people, mostly Black women, and 30% of the [[Commonwealth of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] population was sterilized. Forced sterilization continues in [[Prison|prisons]] in [[State of California|California]] to this day.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Sue Davis|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger problem|date=2020-08-19|url=https://www.workers.org/2020/08/50683/|retrieved=2023-08-12}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 22:47, 16 November 2023

Eugenics is a pseudoscientific and often racist movement that seeks to limit the birth rate of certain groups based on disability, IQ, or other factors.[1] Eugenics was widespread in the United States from the 1920s to 1970s and helped inspire Nazism.[2]

History

Plato suggested eugenics around 400 BCE.

The Statesian eugenicist Madison Grant theorized that there was a genocide against whites in the 1910s and inspired Hitler.[3]

In 1927, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 in favor of forced sterilization in Buck v. Bell. By the 1970s, southern states had sterilized about 70,000 people, mostly Black women, and 30% of the Puerto Rican population was sterilized. Forced sterilization continues in prisons in California to this day.[4]

See also

References

  1. Donna Goodman (2022-03-08). "Women’s struggle for suffrage and liberation: The road to legal equality" Liberation School. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22.
  2. Jacob Levich (2014-11-02). "The real agenda of the Gates Foundation" Liberation School. Archived from the original on 2023-07-08.
  3. Mitchell Jones (2022-05-22). "Communities come together after fascist attack in Buffalo, N.Y. — Biden responds with more cops" Liberation News. Archived from the original on 2023-10-23.
  4. Sue Davis (2020-08-19). "Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger problem" Workers World. Retrieved 2023-08-12.