23/02/2021
Hello everyone! I finally have completed my writing on Passive Eugenics. It's focused solely on Eugenics/ Passive Eugenics. I hope you find this educational. Compensation for my work is NEVER mandatory, but always welcome if you feel so inclined.
Passive Eugenics:
Passive Eugenics was coined by James E. Bowman. It is a further understanding of the overall concept of Eugenics.
What is Eugenics?
Eugenics, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is the practice or advocacy of controlled selective breeding of human populations (as by sterilization) to improve the population's genetic composition.
Eugenics is an old idea that’s been reinvented throughout history. One of the earliest and most famous writing on Eugenics is found in Plato’s Republic, in which he discusses the need for the state to monitor and control reproduction of its citizens. Rome, Athens, and Sparta all practiced infanticide as a form of phenotypic selection. Sparta in particular was praised by Hi**er, who called it the first "Völkisch State" (which is/was a German ethnic and nationalist movement). Rome had the Twelve Tables of Roman Laws, the fourth Table stated that those with physical deformities must be put to death.
Our modern understanding of Eugenics comes from Sir Francis Galton, half-cousin of Charles Darwin. Galton coined the term “Eugenics”. Galton, having read Darwin’s ‘Origin of Species’, began to build off Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection. To put it frankly, Sir Francis Galton believed that the selective breeding techniques used with animals to exaggerate specific features could be applied to human reproduction (apparently, he’d never heard of nor seen how selective breeding worked out for the royals, a la Emperor Charles V). His reasoning is that societies that have protected the vulnerable were weakening their own by going against natural selection. Galton also believed that intelligence and talent were hereditary, which was then expanded to include other “inherited traits” such as criminality.
I’m rambling a bit, but for further reading, look up Charles Davenport, an American scientist who is credited with taking Eugenics to the “scientific” level.
Eugenics can be broken down into subcategories: Active and Passive Eugenics. Active Eugenics is the overt method of employing eugenic policies, which can be broken down further into two more subcategories:
• Positive Eugenics is the practice of encouraging people groups with “good genetics” to have more children.
• Negative Eugenics is the practice of discouraging “undesirable” people groups from reproducing.
Passive Eugenics is the covert method of employing eugenics. Passive Eugenics by its nature is supposed to be more palatable and gives those practicing eugenics “plausible deniability”. Simply put, Passive Eugenics is denial through subtle means. It’s about elimination by neglect and dereliction of duty.
Here are some examples of Positive, Negative and Passive Eugenics:
1. Positive Eugenics: incentives for peoples with “desirable genetics”, like cash. Policies and institutions which encourage desirable people to reproduce such as s***m banks with eugenically desirable criteria required for donors to donate s***m, such as intelligence, eye color, etc. which are then listed for users to consider.
2. Negative Eugenics: Forced sterilization, immigration laws which base entry to the country by way of race, ethnicity, religion, or nationality. Prohibition of marriage amongst those considered eugenically undesirable, as well as euthanasia.
a. Negative Eugenics has historically been instituted against racial minorities, poor communities (including poor whites), immigrants, people living with disabilities and neuro-divergent folks.
3. Passive Eugenics: Pro-choice people voting against child welfare initiatives. Setting up and then underfunding Free Clinics. Donald Trump’s unwillingness to take an active role in managing the effects of the Pandemic which has led to the death of 500,000 people. Healthcare so expensive millions of people are denied access through lack of funds.
I personally feel understanding Passive Eugenics is especially important when considering policy proposals, upcoming legislation, and researching politicians and their voting history. With an understanding of Passive Eugenics, you can take a more critical eye to all things politics and ensure that the policy proposals we’re supporting aren’t harmful in a subtle way. The more education we all have, the more effective we can be in ensuring a progressive future for ourselves and those who will come after us.
If you have any questions, tag me and I’ll either provide an answer and/or provide links to resources. I hope you chose to reject Passive Eugenics going forward.
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Source List:
https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi...
https://eugenicsarchive.ca/.../tree/5233c3ac5c2ec50000000086
https://study.com/.../positive-negative-eugenics-ethical...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/.../social.../eugenics....
