
charles davenport will forever be known as the founder of eugenics in
america. this is not to say that he did not
receive support from his fellow
ignorant minded businessmen who supplied the capital for his research. the
eugenics research board was created in 1910 and was closed just in time for the beginning of world war II in 1939. one of the primary
donors to the eugenics research that
coincidentally, highlighted the
superiority of the
aryan race, was the
carnegie institution. the term eugenics was coined by
Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin in the late 19
th century. by the time the 1900's rolled around, every "civilized" nation had blossoming fields of eugenics research.
the idea of racial supremacy and
nazi-era
germany go hand in hand. few take the time to step back a see that most
anglo-
saxon nations developed research programs in coordination
including germany, the united states, and the united kingdom. it is not hard to imagine the era that surrounded world war II, eugenics would become a staple to all regimes bent on the brutal
suppression of is various ethnic populations. anti-
semitism is the most notable mind set attributed to eugenics and the holocaust. the mindset behind
aryan scientist who felt a great degree of inferiority towards their
semetic brethren, led to winding dead end trails. these trails were an attempts at justifying the superiority of the
aryan race in contrast to the
african native. in 1929 with the publication of
race crossing in jamaica,
mr. davenport made his initial intentions clear in an absent minded attempt at
genealogy to justify the
aryan race.
it is a wonder that the proponents of eugenics chose to blame others for the alleged shortcoming of their neighbors.
im sure the constant reminder in the eye of
their friends and family, of their own personal short
comings were
sufficient. one need only look to the royal families of
european nobility during the 18
th and 19
th century to discover the ignorance of a master race.
hemophelia ran
through europes families that chose to stay wed and reproduce along a very thin genetic line.
the
1927 supreme court ruling in favor of the state of virginia and its policy of compulsory
sterilization for "
feebleminded" individuals, was a landmark case that reaffirmed a bitter practice. the mere fact that the word "
feeblemind" was used as legal term is a stark reality to the mentality of the united states government in the 1920's.
the first phase of the nazi eugenics program was the systematic screening of all
german citizans. the process identified children that were mentally
impaired, who were then starved or
poisoned to death. forced
sterilization was in the 100,000's during the
nazi era of
europe.
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