Henry Raymond

General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Henry on February 02, 2010, 09:30:15 AM

Title: Vermont Sterilized The Feeble Minded - I Was Not Aware Of That
Post by: Henry on February 02, 2010, 09:30:15 AM

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- A Vermont legislative committee is taking up the question of whether the state should apologize for a 20th century program to sterilize citizens who were labeled feeble-minded or criminal.

The House Human Services Committee takes testimony Tuesday on the measure, a nonbinding resolution expressing the state's regret about the so-called eugenics movement.

Backers of the resolution say its harms fell disproportionately on Vermonters of Abenaki and French-Canadian heritage, as well as poor Irish and Italian immigrants.

More information in the link below:

http://www.wptz.com/news/22409241/detail.html (http://www.wptz.com/news/22409241/detail.html)

Title: Re: Vermont Sterilized The Feeble Minded - I Was Not Aware Of That
Post by: dw on February 02, 2010, 11:12:39 PM

Jodi Picoult wrote a very good fictional book on this theme:  http://www.jodipicoult.com/second-glance.html (http://www.jodipicoult.com/second-glance.html)
I wasn't aware of Vermont's Eugenics program until I read her novel.

Title: Re: Vermont Sterilized The Feeble Minded - I Was Not Aware Of That
Post by: special ED on February 03, 2010, 04:45:50 AM

aaaaaaaaaahhhh NEVER MIND.............

Title: Re: Vermont Sterilized The Feeble Minded - I Was Not Aware Of That
Post by: Mike Raburn on February 12, 2010, 04:08:32 AM

May I ADD something here??
PLEASE??????

Title: Re: Vermont Sterilized The Feeble Minded - I Was Not Aware Of That
Post by: trussell on February 12, 2010, 09:20:03 AM

Quote

May I ADD something here??

Probably not a good idea, Mike (or Ed for that matter).

Title: Re: Vermont Sterilized The Feeble Minded - I Was Not Aware Of That
Post by: Mike Raburn on February 13, 2010, 01:19:01 AM

I restrain..........