tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36835112.post7132147896895082091..comments2023-04-09T03:34:12.677-04:00Comments on William's Ramblings: Eugenics - A Recovered HistoryWilliam Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779582298787431216noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36835112.post-60290837385481124402008-08-28T16:35:00.000-04:002008-08-28T16:35:00.000-04:00I started to read THE COMING RACE some months ago ...I started to read THE COMING RACE some months ago but lost interest when it looked like a lengthy "history of the Vril-ya" was imminent. I'll pick up the book again one day.<BR/><BR/>-JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36835112.post-32712815508593605382008-08-20T10:24:00.000-04:002008-08-20T10:24:00.000-04:00Charles - You're quite right about the quote. It w...Charles - You're quite right about the quote. It was from a Supreme Court ruling. IQ was one of the means of determining if a person was unfit - even though there were no accurate IQ tests. In fact, these tests were often very slanted in favor of particular groups.<BR/><BR/>John - There is an interesting fiction book that deals with Vermont's eugenics program (I'm pretty sure it is Vermont). The book is SECOND GLANCE. And the site you provided is very useful. There was a great push to control "breeding" in humans. Oddly, there were several other approaches that hinted at the subject. "Teeth" and dental hygiene were often used as starting points to discuss eugenics. So if you see something about dental hygiene from the early 1900s (really up through the 1940s), it might be a sneaky approach to discussing heredity (AKA eugenics).William Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09779582298787431216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36835112.post-14358214610827651442008-08-20T06:35:00.000-04:002008-08-20T06:35:00.000-04:00Yeah, one of Vermont's shameful secrets is that it...Yeah, one of Vermont's shameful secrets is that it had one of the more 'progressive' and successful eugenics programs in the country. UVM keeps a <A HREF="http://www.uvm.edu/~eugenics/" REL="nofollow">Special collection</A> and a website on the subject.John Goodrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04193512490180575763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36835112.post-79775890311012187262008-08-19T21:07:00.000-04:002008-08-19T21:07:00.000-04:00I remember studying up on this when I was in grad ...I remember studying up on this when I was in grad school, and found it such a shameful thing. It's important to remember that such movements were not only afoot in Nazi Germany, but in plenty of other countries as well, including the US. I remember, almost, a quote from the time. "three generations of imbeciles are enough," as a justification for sterilizing low IQ individuals.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com