Eugenic Practice Essay
The term ‘eugenics’ was conceived by Sir Francis Galton (Charles
Darwin’s cousin and the inventor of composite photography) in the 19th century. Eugenic practice includes the systematic elimination of so-called
‘undesirable’ biological traits and the use of selective breeding to ‘improve’ the characteristics of an organism or species.1 One branch of eugenics held that the rich and powerful were genetically superior to the poor, and that whites were in general superior to other races. Such a philosophy has provided convenient justification for a system of structuring inequities.
1904 Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie establishes a center for the study of
“hybridized peoples,” whose researchers seek to understand the “idleness, the
inconstancy…and…inadequate
Darwin’s cousin and the inventor of composite photography) in the 19th century. Eugenic practice includes the systematic elimination of so-called
‘undesirable’ biological traits and the use of selective breeding to ‘improve’ the characteristics of an organism or species.1 One branch of eugenics held that the rich and powerful were genetically superior to the poor, and that whites were in general superior to other races. Such a philosophy has provided convenient justification for a system of structuring inequities.
1904 Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie establishes a center for the study of
“hybridized peoples,” whose researchers seek to understand the “idleness, the
inconstancy…and…inadequate