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Eugenics and the persecution of "mixed race" Americans,
By A.D. Powell (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Eugenic Assault on America: Scenes in Red, White, and Black (Hardcover)
Smith shows the 20th century link between anti-miscegenation laws and the eugenics movement. Forced sterilization of the institutionalized, racial registration and restricting miscegenation were all linked to the idea of "improving" the [white] gene pool. The best part of the book is the hidden history of the minority of fanatical racial purists who wanted to ban all non-caucasian ancestry (with the exception of small amounts of American Indian ancestry possessed by white elites such as the descendants of Pocahontas) from the white "race." Special emphasis is placed on Virginia and the men whose names are unknown but should go down in infamy: Walter Plecker (who headed Virginia's bureau of vital statistics and delighted in hunting down "impure" whites and Indians) and Virginia aristocrat John Powell of the Anglo-Saxon Clubs. Showing the link between black nationalism and white racism, Smith details the friendship between John Powell and Marcus Garvey (both believed in promoting racial purity).Legal History of the Color Line: The Rise And Triumph of the One-drop Rule
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The Eugenic Assault on America: Scenes in Red, White, and Black by J. David Smith (Hardcover - November 1, 1992)
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