Sterilization In America
In this paper, I argue that Americans back in the 60s and 70s had such xenophobic thoughts that created a divide between foreigners and Americans. Back when the Clinton administration ran the White House, many laws and acts were passed such as the Violent Crime Control and Prevention Act (1994). This law was a $30 million crime bill which created new capital crimes and also a three-strikes rule, which meant three time offenders of the same crime would be sent to prison for life. This bill also pushed for new prisons to be formed and police forces to hire more members which in turn strengthened the police force. This, along with Proposition 187, made immigrants a huge target for white Americans to go after and attack mercissily. The Clinton
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For example,in the movie No Mas Bebes (2015), many mexican mothers were forced to sign papers under false pretenses which gave doctors permission to “tie their tubes”, otherwise known as sterilizing the mother. The idea of forced sterilization was to try and control the population of Mexicans and Native Americans in America through a deceitful tactic. To make things worse, many of the mothers did not know about the sterilization until they were informed by a whistleblower. Similarly, in the passage The Indian Health Service and Sterilization of Native American Women, many of the women who went to the Indian Health Service, or IHS, to undergo surgery of some sort to help their bodies but instead received sterilizations under no notice or agreement. The article even says that over 25% of Native American women were sterilized which goes to show how many women were treated at hospitals. Many corporations today made huge profits off scamming immigrants back in the 60s and 70s which allowed them to be as wealthy as they are today. For example, the insurance group Aetna, used to sell black prison labor and acquired tons of profit from their business and now continue to be very prominent in today’s society from abusing humans in the past. This goes to show that maybe America is not the greatest country because of how they treated people who were not of the same race or
For example,in the movie No Mas Bebes (2015), many mexican mothers were forced to sign papers under false pretenses which gave doctors permission to “tie their tubes”, otherwise known as sterilizing the mother. The idea of forced sterilization was to try and control the population of Mexicans and Native Americans in America through a deceitful tactic. To make things worse, many of the mothers did not know about the sterilization until they were informed by a whistleblower. Similarly, in the passage The Indian Health Service and Sterilization of Native American Women, many of the women who went to the Indian Health Service, or IHS, to undergo surgery of some sort to help their bodies but instead received sterilizations under no notice or agreement. The article even says that over 25% of Native American women were sterilized which goes to show how many women were treated at hospitals. Many corporations today made huge profits off scamming immigrants back in the 60s and 70s which allowed them to be as wealthy as they are today. For example, the insurance group Aetna, used to sell black prison labor and acquired tons of profit from their business and now continue to be very prominent in today’s society from abusing humans in the past. This goes to show that maybe America is not the greatest country because of how they treated people who were not of the same race or