Race Cleansing
Dhruba R. Tripathee
Prof. Christian Hanns
ENG 096-KN2/1101
Oct.26.2010
Race Cleansing in America
There is always a binary opposition to living beings’ existence. Binary opposition is the principle of contrast between two mutually exclusive terms: on/off, up/down, left/right, and strong/weak. To be born as an epileptic and to be labeled as feebleminded is not the child’s fault. Such a child has his/her own right to live on earth. Where there is birth, there is death no matter whether the person is rich or poor. Eugenics-the theory as well as the word (which means “wellborn”) -originated with Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin who is inspired by Darwin’s theory of natural selection. Eugenics movement started sterilization (making infertile): to stop a person or animal from reproducing, e.g. by surgical removal or alteration of the reproductive organs of epileptics and feebleminded people in America. Poor and powerless people were victimized by the Eugenics movement. The poor were victimized because of a lack of money and power. All movements like Eugenics violated the human rights of the weak and poor people in America. Poor and powerless people were victimized by the Eugenics movement. Though the movement was trying to do its best for individuals, families, societies and nations, it had its own weakness. Carrie Buck was one of the victims of sterilization. The justice Oliver Wendell Holmes left no doubt about either the overall legality of the procedure of its appropriateness for Miss Buck. None of the judges who decided Buck’s fate ever saw or met her. Justices relied in part on the expert opinion of Dr. Hamilton Laughlin to help them make up their minds and a report has been sent at the Eugenics Record Office, in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. By those false reports made by Dr. Hamilton, Buck was condemned as an epileptic and as a feebleminded person and recommended to have sterilization even though she had refused it. The case finally made its way
Prof. Christian Hanns
ENG 096-KN2/1101
Oct.26.2010
Race Cleansing in America
There is always a binary opposition to living beings’ existence. Binary opposition is the principle of contrast between two mutually exclusive terms: on/off, up/down, left/right, and strong/weak. To be born as an epileptic and to be labeled as feebleminded is not the child’s fault. Such a child has his/her own right to live on earth. Where there is birth, there is death no matter whether the person is rich or poor. Eugenics-the theory as well as the word (which means “wellborn”) -originated with Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin who is inspired by Darwin’s theory of natural selection. Eugenics movement started sterilization (making infertile): to stop a person or animal from reproducing, e.g. by surgical removal or alteration of the reproductive organs of epileptics and feebleminded people in America. Poor and powerless people were victimized by the Eugenics movement. The poor were victimized because of a lack of money and power. All movements like Eugenics violated the human rights of the weak and poor people in America. Poor and powerless people were victimized by the Eugenics movement. Though the movement was trying to do its best for individuals, families, societies and nations, it had its own weakness. Carrie Buck was one of the victims of sterilization. The justice Oliver Wendell Holmes left no doubt about either the overall legality of the procedure of its appropriateness for Miss Buck. None of the judges who decided Buck’s fate ever saw or met her. Justices relied in part on the expert opinion of Dr. Hamilton Laughlin to help them make up their minds and a report has been sent at the Eugenics Record Office, in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. By those false reports made by Dr. Hamilton, Buck was condemned as an epileptic and as a feebleminded person and recommended to have sterilization even though she had refused it. The case finally made its way