“Eugenics: Science's Greatest Scandal”

Published 2019-11-21
Prof Stephen Kennedy and Dr Michelle Fernandes from the Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health feature in the documentary: “Eugenics: Science's Greatest Scandal” (BBC 4 Thurs 10th October 2019).

The programme reveals the shocking origins and legacy of eugenics in Britain, and its continued influence today. Stephen and Michelle will share how skin colour and neurodevelopment are not linked.

All Comments (21)
  • @Kitkat613
    Pardom me but my brother was fine all through my mother’s pregnancy with him. During delivery the doctor hadn’t arrived as of yet so the nurse physicslly tried to stop the birthing process. Cuting off my brother’s oxygen supply. Csusing brsin damage to my brother. The doctors then advised my parents to have an abortion. This was after he was born. They caused the damage to my brother. They also recommended that my parents never have anymore children. If they had listened to them I would not be here right now. We must realize that within our medical community we have genocidal maniacs passing themselves off as medical professionals. Not all but many. I became a Registered nurse who works with children with brain injuries. To say they are undesirable as Sanger has touted is ridiculous and criminal. I’m sickened by this philosophy.
  • @davidhill4141
    My brother was held in by the nurse because the doctor told her to not let it be born before I get there or I’ll lose my 300 for the delivery. My brother didn’t fare too well emotionally for most of his life . Doctors don’t always HONOUR their hypocritical OATH. The pandemic showed the greed of hospital administrators. I could go on and on.
  • @Flux_40
    saying "less than 10%" is actually a backhanded way of saying there is a difference between races, because 8 or 9% is a HUGE difference !
  • Nature and nurture is a fundemental, intriguing question. Most management studies ask their students this . When does it happen . Where dose it all begin . Were and where . When - time and where place. Ask the question and reveal the predjudice ? There is an enormous amount of relationships, in hedartry and geography . The doctor's final comment " invest in women " can be an exasperated appeal to international politics , religion, geography.
  • I thought this thumbnail was Stamos with one of the Olsen twins.
  • @venkataramana2532
    Absoultely correct . Example Comparsion of Skin with ballon the material/quality and size of ballon is directly related to its capacity and expandibility to hold back the filled-in-air. Age of women is very important during analysis of skin.
  • I have never heard anyone claim that there would be any connection between the mother's skin color and the child's development. Don't know where he got it from, that some people would think that. Not even racists think like that anymore. He must have read books that are 100 years old.
  • @icefirek2666
    What a scam, the neural development doesn't stop at 2 years old and we know that differences increase with age.
  • Well done sir with your research! Yes, we are all the same! More investments, technologies, and systems are needed in maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH).
  • @user-qq9nv3nr5p
    अंतिम वाक्य बहुत ही अच्छा था।
  • @imammo867
    You are the one with the ideological bias. The interaction of genetics with the environment is a highly complex process. Hence a subfield called sociogenetics was developed. As for the relationship between intelligence and genetics, all respected geneticists have stated that intelligence is a product of a complex web of polygenes interacting with the environment.
  • @EricSmith9000
    Man...That's not generally accepted. That's a strawman. I wish this didn't taint my perception of everything else he said, but it does.
  • @dank6336
    The common sense truth that everyone knows deep down is that both environment and genes both play into intelligence. And BTW people with different skin colors also have many other genetic differences...most sane people understand genetic diversity. What is weird is that no one is allowed to freely speak about it without nazi like PC Thought-police repercussions.
  • @opnwndo
    They found....people are different.
  • @opnwndo
    And then they kept what was revealed... Secret. So not to damage compromised mentality.