Catholic Pierce Butler's dissent, May 2nd, 1927
Pierce Butler, SCOTUS Judge 1923-1939 Years before Hitler rose to power with talk of a "Master Race," early 20th-cenruty America fell prey to its own eugenics craze. Championed by the likes of Harry …More
Pierce Butler, SCOTUS Judge 1923-1939
Years before Hitler rose to power with talk of a "Master Race," early 20th-cenruty America fell prey to its own eugenics craze. Championed by the likes of Harry Laughlin and Charles Davenport, many of the country's elites started advocating for the forced sterilization of its weakest members, especially the handicapped, believing strict birth control policies held the key to a better tomorrow.
Toward that end, the Commonwealth of Virginia adopted legislation in 1924 that permitted the sterilization of the "intellectually disabled." They based the statute on Laughlin's "model eugenics law," which he designed to withstand constitutional challenges (and which later served as the template for the Third Reich's eugenics laws).
Almost immediately, a state mental institution put the legislation into practice on 18-year-old Carrie Buck. The institution's board claimed that Buck was a promiscuous "imbecile." In truth, Buck had been raped by her foster cousin …More
Years before Hitler rose to power with talk of a "Master Race," early 20th-cenruty America fell prey to its own eugenics craze. Championed by the likes of Harry Laughlin and Charles Davenport, many of the country's elites started advocating for the forced sterilization of its weakest members, especially the handicapped, believing strict birth control policies held the key to a better tomorrow.
Toward that end, the Commonwealth of Virginia adopted legislation in 1924 that permitted the sterilization of the "intellectually disabled." They based the statute on Laughlin's "model eugenics law," which he designed to withstand constitutional challenges (and which later served as the template for the Third Reich's eugenics laws).
Almost immediately, a state mental institution put the legislation into practice on 18-year-old Carrie Buck. The institution's board claimed that Buck was a promiscuous "imbecile." In truth, Buck had been raped by her foster cousin …More
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There is a interesting video out there on "Human Zoos". Various tribal people were put on display in at the St. Louis Worlds Fair. A poor pygmy tribesman was subjected to this at the Bronx Zoo. They were offered as examples of Darwinism.
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There is a interesting video out there on "Human Zoos". Various tribal people were put on display in at the St. Louis Worlds Fair. A poor pygmy tribesman was subjected to this at the Bronx Zoo. They were offered as examples of Darwinism.
Human Zoos and Ota Benga
Human Zoos and Ota Benga