“In the early part of the 20th century, authorities in this and other states embraced the idea of eugenics — the science of improving the human race by reducing the number of children born to parents with undesirable traits. In practice, “undesirable” parents included ones with epilepsy and mental illness; it also included ones who were uneducated, abused or simply poor. The Eugenics Board of North Carolina — one of many similar boards across the country — authorized sterilization of roughly 7,600 North Carolinians. Mecklenburg County did the most in the state, by far.”

Eugenics survivors prove elusive | The Charlotte Observer


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    Damn. I forgot my childhood epilepsy makes me an unfit mother. I’ll go get my tubes right RIGHT AWAY.
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    One of the darker chapters of American history. Our eugenics program was used as a model for the Nazi eugenics program -...
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