Argumentative Essay On Eugenics

The eugenics movement was a period of time when it was believe that the genes of your father and mother gave rise to any and all traits, whether it be physical, mental, emotional, behavioral, and moral. Essentially, eugenics established that all of a persons appearance, skill, and potential was rooted in your genes. Frederick Hoffman’s Extinction Thesis proposed that due to genetic inferiority, the African American society would eventually case to exist. He used a the severe disparity in the rates of death and disease between African Americans and whites to support his argument. Although these disparities between blacks and whites were accurate statistically, Hoffman failed to acknowledge detrimental effects that poverty and social neglect

As the narrator points out, this is a extremely short time in regards to evolutionary terms. Today, we classify one another by “race,” when there is actually sub-species or “race” of humans. According to scientist, humans have not been separated long enough to develop any differences other than skin color, meaning there is only one species of human. This belief contradicts anything and everyone today that asks for your race or believes there is any difference between an African American and European American other than skin color. Thomas Jefferson believed that all men were created equal, as he stated in his authorship of the Declaration of Independence. However, he justified slavery by questioning whether or not blacks were complete men. Jefferson’s reason for developing his suspicions of black racial inferiority likely stemmed from the need of labor in the newly formed

In his second argument, he stated, “My honesty and industriousness are well known among my Japanese and American friends. In name Benedict Arnold was an American, but at heart he was a traitor. In name I am not an American, but at heart I am a true American.” The court came to the decision that Ozawa could not become a citizen. The court said that based on the best known “science” of the time, he was not a caucasian, and instead of Mongolian decent. In the case of Bhagat Singh Thind, the court no longer found themselves bound by the so-called science of the time, instead, they said white is something understood by the common man. Basically, this allowed the Supreme Court to determine white by anything they deem, without regard for the science of the day. In fact, the court contradicted what it’s previously argued by saying that Thind may be caucasian, but that doesn 't matter, it still doesn 't mean he is white. What determines whiteness, according to the decision of the Supreme Court, is the opinion of the “common