Lindsay Diasparra Eugenics Paper
Lindsay Diasparra 10/9/14
Sociology Professor Grimaldi
The history of Eugenics and evolution of eugenics appeared around the
world, The earliest hints of eugenics has its roots in Ancient Greece and
Rome. Today, hints of this philosophy remain in modern political and
social debate around the world. Eugenics was the pseudoscience aimed
at improving the human race. Extremists took this one step further to a
more racist form, this meant wiping away (exterminating) all human
beings deemed “unfit”, preserving only those humans who conformed
to a Nordic stereotype. The Superior species of the eugenics movement
sought was populated not only by tall, strong, talented and intelligent
people. The intent was to populate the earth with more of their own
socioeconomic and biological kind, and of course less if not any of
everyone else. Eugenicists craved blond, blue eyed Nordic types. This
group alone was believed to be the perfect fit to inherit the earth. In
this process, The eugenics movement was intended to exterminate any
unlike this stereotype. This means Negroes, immigrant Asian laborers,
Indians, Hispanics, east Europeans, Jews, dark haired hill folk, poor
people, the infirm and anyone classified outside the gentrified genetic
lines drawn up were to cease to exist. Eugenicist’s even went as far to
identify so called defective family trees and subject them to lifelong
segregation, sterilization and eventual extermination to kill such
bloodlines. An example to such a terrible idea was during the 1930’s
and 1940’s in Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler victimized, segregated and
nearly exterminated an entire continent in his quest for a so called
“Master Race”. Among other horrific activities the Nazi regime
conducted, they also performed extensive experiments on live human
beings in order to test their genetic theories for Otmar Van Verschuer.
Karin Maghussen carried out these experiments using
Sociology Professor Grimaldi
The history of Eugenics and evolution of eugenics appeared around the
world, The earliest hints of eugenics has its roots in Ancient Greece and
Rome. Today, hints of this philosophy remain in modern political and
social debate around the world. Eugenics was the pseudoscience aimed
at improving the human race. Extremists took this one step further to a
more racist form, this meant wiping away (exterminating) all human
beings deemed “unfit”, preserving only those humans who conformed
to a Nordic stereotype. The Superior species of the eugenics movement
sought was populated not only by tall, strong, talented and intelligent
people. The intent was to populate the earth with more of their own
socioeconomic and biological kind, and of course less if not any of
everyone else. Eugenicists craved blond, blue eyed Nordic types. This
group alone was believed to be the perfect fit to inherit the earth. In
this process, The eugenics movement was intended to exterminate any
unlike this stereotype. This means Negroes, immigrant Asian laborers,
Indians, Hispanics, east Europeans, Jews, dark haired hill folk, poor
people, the infirm and anyone classified outside the gentrified genetic
lines drawn up were to cease to exist. Eugenicist’s even went as far to
identify so called defective family trees and subject them to lifelong
segregation, sterilization and eventual extermination to kill such
bloodlines. An example to such a terrible idea was during the 1930’s
and 1940’s in Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler victimized, segregated and
nearly exterminated an entire continent in his quest for a so called
“Master Race”. Among other horrific activities the Nazi regime
conducted, they also performed extensive experiments on live human
beings in order to test their genetic theories for Otmar Van Verschuer.
Karin Maghussen carried out these experiments using