What Is Eugenics

What Is Eugenics


EUGENICS:
Segregation of the Blacks and White

Moya-Gaye Miller
BSMART

Global History
Ms. Wrong/Ms. Hack
January 16th 2014

Table of Contents
Abstract……………………………………………………………3
Eugenics Definition ………………………………………….4
Effects of Eugenics on Africa……………………………..5
Africa: Eugenics……………………………………………….6
Eugenics Images……………………………………………….7
Bibliography…………………………………………………….8


What is Eugenics?
Eugenics is a theory that the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits. In general the theory or science as it was once called is racist in nature and was aimed at promoting the supremacy of the white race. Many different social and political programs were put in place to ensure that breeding would stay homogenous between groups and people with specified non desirable traits are removed or ostracized in society one way or another.



Eugenics was seen as a science that was promoted worldwide to ensure the stability of white power, by ensuring that other racial groups maintained an inferior status through the creation of social and political policies that would cement the placing of other people in class rank in societies. Eugenics however, has had a tremendous effect on the societies it was enforced in. it was only use to ensure that the white would always remain superior to any other race, especially blacks. To an extent, eugenics has influenced policies in Africa and it affected the continent in various ways. The eugenics policies created many social, political and economic conditions in Africa. Eugenics was seen has improving the human qualities by setting certain guidelines and rules they had to follow to ensure that the society had persons who were “fit” to be in it.
Therefore Eugenics is the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the...

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