child to grow up with a disorder that could potentially be cured. When this becomes the mentality‚ we are left contemplating whether or not this is some type of discrimination through eugenics. We can learn from history about the effects of genetic discrimination. In 1883 Sir Francis Galton coined the word eugenics and defined it as "the study of agencies under social control that may improve or impair… future generations either physically or mentally" (Fester‚ 1966‚ p. 591). Today‚ this word is
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Charles Darwin: Life to Death When most people think of Charles Darwin they associate his name with the theory of evolution. The Darwinian Theory not only aroused controversy‚ while at the same time created a new form of scientific thought. Darwin did more than just come up with the theory of evolution‚ he married his cousin. All joking aside‚ he was a remarkable man that would have a tremendous impact on the scientific community as a whole. His ideas and discoveries lead to new ways for people
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Nomadic Tribes People with disabilities were considered useless because they could not contribute to food gathering or to the wealth of the tribe. Nomads often left people with disabilities to die whenever the tribe moved to a new location. Many tribal cultures believed that disability implied possession by evil spirits. The Greeks sought rational explanations for disability‚ with insufficient medical science. They reached such conclusions as: epilepsy is a disturbance of the mind; people who are
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Cited: Page Biesold‚ Horst. Crying Hands: Eugenics and Deaf People in Nazi Germany. Trans. William Sayers. Washington‚ DC: Gallaudet University P‚ 1999. Deafness.about.com/cs/featurearticles/a/holocaust.htm. 28 November 2009. “Some of Hitler’s Victims Were Deaf”. Berke‚ Jamie. 2 January 2011. Jewishexponent
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In the next decade the technology to design children’s genetic traits will become available. People will have the power to engineer their children to be smarter‚ stronger‚ taller‚ and even predetermine the gender. This technology is referred to as Eugenics‚ but the products are commonly called designer babies. Although this technology isn’t entirely available it is causing quite the debates. Which leads many people to think: what are the pros and cons to genetic engineering? According to Stephen Baird
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Modern Sex and How to Manage It: Sex Manuals and the Creation of Sexual Knowledge‚ 18701914 by Hannah Witton 1 Contents Introduction: The History of the History of Sexuality 3 1. Scientia Sexualis Vs Ars Erotic: Knowing Ignorance in the Late Nineteenth Century 9 2. Creating Sexual Knowledge 18 3. Dispersing Sexual Knowledge 29 Epilogue: Sex War and War Sex 40
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Week 6 1. James A. Tyner‚ “The Geopolitics of Eugenics and the Exclusion of Philippine Immigrants from the United States‚” The Geographical Review‚ 89‚ no. 1 (1999)‚ 54-73. In this article‚ Tyner explains the pseudoscience and logic behind the discrimination against Filipino immigrants during the early 1900’s. Using eugenics as justification‚ the government made it clear that America was to remain a white-dominated country with little tolerance for immigrants. A prime example of this anti-immigration
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In the novel Maus II by Art Spiegelman you hear first hand from a survivor of Auschwitz the experiences of the holocaust and the horrific consequences of racism. Race is something that has developed over time and is constantly changing. Race is something that is seen differently by different people. “There is a continuous temptation to think of race as an essence‚ as something fixed‚ concrete‚ and objective. And there is also an opposite temptation: to imagine race as a mere illusion” (Michael Omi
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The sun beats down on your back as you haul your catch of the day back home to feed your family. There’s your wife‚ Cassandra‚ and your twin sons‚ Abel and Lysander. And you? Your name is Nero. The four of you live on Malaga Island in Maine. You’re a fisherman while your wife takes care of the children at home. The year is 1912. You were minding your own business as you brought the fish home‚ when one of your neighbors comes over to you. They tell you the news. The Governor of Maine is having you
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discuss such delicate issues‚ we have to question ourselves‚ “What exactly is privacy?” Privacy is defined as “the right to be let alone” (Warren & Brandeis‚ 1890). However‚ privacy is not such a simple concept. For ease of understanding‚ privacy‚ in this essay‚ is the ability of an individual or group to seclude information about themselves and to possess the right to retain anonymous. Privacy can be generally broken down into three categories - physical‚ organizational and informational (Wikipedia
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