Understanding Eugenics: The U.s. and Nazi Plans to Shape the Gene Pool & Control the Population

The science of eugenics-by which the genetic makeup of a population is controlled by who does and doesn’t reproduce-is forever tied in popular memory with Nazi Germany. But the practice began in late 19th-century England, and was widely embraced in the US, Canada, and Europe. As a result, policies were enacted that touched on segregation, marriage, birth control, and genocide. Eugenicists were obsessed with race and disability-many current genetic-testing practices are a continuation of that unfortunate era. This zine gives a harrowing hidden history and present state of eugenics, wrought with its moral and scientific implications.