HSS 2121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Leilani Muir, Directional Statistics, Intellectual Disability
2 Feb 2017
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Midterm feb. 13 -- lectures up until witches (readings & authors, videos, directional statistics) True/false & multiple choice (60), matching (20), short answer (20) Leilani muir -- eugenics in the early 1900s -- biased science, no information or consent. Muir wrote a whisper past -- impoverished household, moron /mental defective/simple. The science of suffering minded/retarded, sterilized during appendix removal" (hundreds of victims) Didn"t see the purpose of educating mentally retarded people decades ago (joey and. Eugenics -- science of improving stock, well-born offspring", careful selection of offspring could produce better/purer race (idea from cattle and plants), seen as science-based (no inter-marriage, suitable strains of blood and races) Frances galton mid 1800s, english explorer/anthropologist, cousin of darwin. Slippery slope of modern eugenics and designer children. Believed retardation would be passed down with genes, science explained process, women and immigrants/aboriginals were most vulnerable. Alberta knew down"s syndrome males were infertile (and those with ds & children saw.
