Eugenics In The 19th Century

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The world has tried to continually, and in some instances, successfully fight injustice, inequality and discrimination brought about by slavery, colonization, and racism. The human race seems to still labor from yet another form of injustice and discrimination being championed by eugenics. Eugenics is defined by many scholars in similarly many ways, but for purposes of this paper, one definition shall suffice. Eugenics is “the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population” (Burke & Castaneda, 2007). This paper looks at the practice of eugenics in North Carolina and will present the legal and ethical argument against eugenics both historically and in the present debate.

Introduction For almost a half of the 20th century, Europe had been divided into two distinctive blocks. They were distinctive in ideology, political regime, economy, and other characteristics. While the ‘West’ was known for its democratic values, the ‘East’ was known for its totalitarian regime. Sweden was in the former, Czechoslovakia in the latter block of states.

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American was pro Eugenics. America practiced eugenics many years befor germany. By 1928 there were 376 separate university courses in leading schools around the u.s.. America had a lot of funding from various groups including the rockefellers, carnegie institution,harriman railroad fortune, In 1897 michigan was the state to introduce compulsory sterilization but the bill fail to pass. In 1905 pennsylvania state passed its compulsory sterilization bill which was vetoed by the governor

The development of new institutions allowed for more opportunities for research and programs of study, further diversifying the traditional “college” experience. With the expansion of state universities, students and faculty took a more central role within the university community. There were now more opportunities for women and African Americans to attend universities, lending them more freedom to learn. The Eugenics Movement fit in with the larger history of education during the early 1900s mainly because it contributed to racial and social biases.

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Throughout history, people have sought after a way to better and further the evolution of mankind. Most methods proved to be controversial and practiced poorly. Eugenics, a science based on improving the human population and condition through selective reproduction, is one of those methods. Many issues, such as the infamous concentration camps of Nazi Germany, surfaced across the early to mid-twentieth century. Cases such as this serve as a reminder of the dangers of putting the task of bettering the human race into the wrong or ill-informed hands by showing that the science behind genetic improvement has the potential to be abused.