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Eugenics Eugenics in California 
 "Convinced that ideas of better breeding and genetic selection were central to settling the Pacific West, many European American migrants [in the early 20th century] ... supported practices such as involuntary sterilization, immigration restriction, and racially-biased IQ testing." This site provides links to information about eugenics in California and the U.S. and the relation of eugenics to contemporary genomics. From the Center for Science, History, Policy, and Ethics at California State University Sacramento. http://www.csus.edu/cshpe/eugenics/ Topics: Ethics Last updated Oct 26, 2005 Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement
"Eugenics was, quite literally, an effort to breed better human beings." In the early 20th century, eugenics researchers claimed a scientific basis for their work. Politicians in the United States used it to justify racist reproduction and immigration policies. Featuring essays and exhibits taken from materials in the Eugenics Records Office, which was active from 1910 to 1940, this site examines social, political, and ethical issues raised by the ideology of eugenics. http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/eugenics/ Topics: Ethics, Social Issues Last updated Jan 21, 2002 |
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