War on the Weak: Eugenics in America

This documentary depicts the US Eugenic legislation throughout the early 20th Century and chronicles the compulsory sterilization faced by many Americans. "War on the Weak" continues to analyze negative eugenics by discussing the US Supreme Court case of Buck v. Bell. Furthermore, the parallels present among US and Nazi ideologies on the nature of eugenics are presented, along with an exposition on the affinity Nazi scientists had for US eugenics laws. The documentary concludes with a look at modern genetic research and leaves the viewer with the hopeful message of a society free of ailments but warns of the dangers on science that is not kept in check with the moral values of humanity. FULL RES DOWNLOAD: www.archive.org
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