Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, is probably the most misquoted person on Facebook, no doubt deliberately: • A quote which Margaret Sanger did not say, but which is often attributed to her: More children from the fit, less from the unfit - that is the chief issue of birth control. • A quote usually taken out of context, and which was from W.E.B. duBois instead of Sanger: The mass of ignorant Negroes still breed carelessly and disastrously, so that the increase among Negroes, even more than the increase among whites, is from that portion of the population least intelligent and fit, and least able to rear their children properly. • A quote attributed to Sanger, but which cannot be found attributed to her in print before 1980 and which does not appear in the supposed source document: Blacks, soldiers, and Jews are a menace to the race. • A quote taken out of context: We do not want word to get out that we want to exterminate the Negro population. (In the context, its apparent that she didnt want such word to get out because such a characterization of her work was common -- and untrue. Then as now.) • When Sanger used terms like racial betterment she was generally referring to the human race, so in looking at quotes using such phrases, check the context before making assumptions. Her opinions of the disabled and immigrants -- opinions not attractive or politically correct today -- were often the source of such sentiments as racial betterment.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 03:00:06 +0000
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