On the popular Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, an account called “Georgia Notes” (@格鲁吉亚小纸条) offers tips and advice to Chinese nationals planning a trip to the Republic of Georgia. In one post...
Disability Rights Advocates Recall US Eugenics in Washington Post Op-Ed
Posted by Marcy Darnovsky May 23, 2007
Biopolitical Times
Check out this 80th anniversary remembrance of the infamous "Three generations of imbeciles is enough" ruling by Oliver Wendell Holmes in Buck v. Bell, which upheld Virginia's involuntary sterilization laws.
Andrew Imparato and Anne Sommers of the American Association of People With Disabilities issue this warning:
Andrew Imparato and Anne Sommers of the American Association of People With Disabilities issue this warning:
"[L]et's not foolishly believe that victims of eugenics are an artifact of history. So long as we speak in terms of good genes and bad genes, recognize a life with a disability as an injury, and allow health policies to value some lives over others, we continue to create human rights violations every day."