Keeping The Black Family Safe
What happens when children are judged by a label before anyone takes time to understand their story? On this episode of Ask the Good Doctor, Dr. LaJoyce Brookshire welcomes historian, journalist, and eugenics scholar Dr. Shantella Sherman for a candid conversation about the history of eugenics, its relationship to the Black family, and the importance of protecting the next generation. Dr. Sherman explains how eugenic beliefs were used to classify people and justify exclusion, segregation, and forced sterilization. Drawing on her family’s experiences in Mississippi, she shares how those ideas…
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