“It is to be feared that even under the most favorable surroundings there would still be a great many individuals who are always on the border of self-supporting existence and whose contribution to society is so small that the elimination of their stock would be beneficial.”
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From a major genetics textbook for students in 1925.
Even though I don’t feel that’s it’s necessary to state it because even a passing glance at my blog would answer the question and yet I am always asked, I disagree with the assertions made in the quote. One of the authors of this book became the dean of Yale’s graduate school, so there’s that.
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despierta-corazon-dormido said:
oh no
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thelazydaisyy said:
eugenics r da answer.
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