Philosophically inclined and politically affiliated with the American Solidarity Party. I agree with the right on some issues, the left on others, but focus on the blind spots that neither of them seem to care about: mainly our civil rights and economic opportunities. Irreligious but not apathetic about the big questions of life and death. Great minds discuss ideas, mediocre minds discuss events and stupid minds discuss people.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
California May Compensate Victims of Their Eugenics Programme
Source: Californiaheathline.org
From 1909 to 1979, the state of California forcible sterilized 20,000 residents deemed genetically inferior by the state.The victims of this state programme include Rose Zaballos, who was forcibly sterilized at the direction of her older brother in 1939 and died as a result of the operation.California was not alone in their efforts to weed out undesirables and breed a master race. Across the country, 32 states, including my own, adopted similar measures to sterilize people with mental illnesses, physical disabilities, racial minorities, and people deemed to exhibit abnormal behavior by the government. 60,000 people were forcibly sterilized from the early 20th century to the late to mid 70’s. California abolished it’s programme in 1979, publicly apologized for it in 2003, and is now considering paying out reparations for it’s victims under Senate Bill 1190. There are currently estimated to be 800 living victims of the eugenics programme. The passage of this bill would make California the third state to provide reparations for the victims of the eugenics movement, following in the footsteps of North Carolina and Virginia.
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