American Experience: The Eugenics Crusade

Starring: King, J. Robert

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• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: PBS
• Director: n/a
• Starring: King, J. Robert
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

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“Whenever you can, count.” - Sir Francis Galton

American Experience: The Eugenics Crusade S31.E3 Episode aired Oct 16, 2018 A well-balanced 2018 documentary, narrated by Corey Stoll, takes us chronologically through the theory and practice of eugenics. Naturally, upfront, we get our Austrian monk, Gregor Mendel, whom one remembers from science classes. They sound like sci-fi names, looking for the Mendelian ratio. We soon find out that heredity in the fly is far more complex than in Mendel’s pea. Genes live in chromosomes and travel in packs. We are witnessing the beginning of GMOs. We get an introduction to the Panama-Pacific Expo. Too bad I missed that one, it even had a Hines 57 tower. We get introduced to John Harvey Kellogg; you will never look at corn flakes in the same way. Even though the title of this document is about eugenics, most of the time it focuses on the life of Charles Benedict Davenport. However, a title like “American Experience: Charles Benedict Davenport” would not sell as well. Eventually, we move on to others, such as 1927 Oliver Wendell Holmes. Further reading: “The Kallikak Family” by Henry Herbert Goddard, ISBN-13: 978 1440434501 “Brightness and Dullness in Children” by Herbert Hollingworth Woodrow ISBN-13: 978 1358041075 “The Passing of the Great Race” by Madison Grant, ISBN-13: 978 1684221486 (read on the floor of Congress) The movie “Tomorrow's Children” (1934) Starring Diane Sinclair, Donald Douglas, John Preston, et al. Movie “GATTACA” (1997) Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin, and Jude Law With a few exceptions, there is some history for us all, and well presented with pictures, films, and graphs.