... ." Participants also reminded scholars about the eugenics movement in America and overseas in the 1900's that resulted in discrimination, genocide, and forced sterilization of immigrants and other possible "undesirables." Katheryn Russell, a criminologist at the University of Maryland pointed out that "a lot of well-meaning people espoused eugenics, and a lot of defenseless people were hurt as a result" (Powledge 9). Genetic researchers and critics ... ...

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