Paul Chehade - The Stain Of Forced Sterilization In American History.

Paul Chehade - The Stain Of Forced Sterilization In American History. n important deadline looms on Monday in North Carolina to make reparations for some of the worst crimes in our history. In just a couple of days, on Monday, June 30th, 2014, a very... More

Paul Chehade - The Stain Of Forced Sterilization In American History. n important deadline looms on Monday in North Carolina to make reparations for some of the worst crimes in our history. In just a couple of days, on Monday, June 30th, 2014, a very important deadline will quietly pass. On that date, any living victim of the Eugenics Board of North Carolina (EBNC) who has submitted a claim will be eligible to receive monetary compensation for the violations perpetrated upon them by this institution. The reader can be forgiven for not knowing much about this story, as the mainstream media has given it very little coverage. Perhaps it is because the vast majority of victims were poor, African-American, and female; maybe it is because it digs up painful memories of a dark period in American history, one of the many episodes we would like to forget. From 1929 to 1974, the EBNC was tasked with sterilizing those people the Board deemed “unfit to procreate,” which included those who were men Less