Talk:Negro Project

Connection to Eugenics
, You deleted a complete section on the controversy within the eugenics scholarship on the Negro Project, not just the references to Sanger, to which you objected. I'd like to suggest that you restore the references to the historiographical controversy, though we can remove the references to Sanger as a eugenicist. --DrBorg (talk) 20:54, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Yep, as the whole section is biased. A neutral statement would be useful, but this section was NOT neutral. The Banner  talk 22:12, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

I'd like to suggest adding the following section on the eugenic controversy behind the Negro Project. Here is the suggested draft: Eugenic Controversy

There is controversy over whether the Negro Project was eugenic in nature. Eugenics, which is a discredited scientific movement, sought to advance the human race through selective reproduction, i.e. through promoting the reproduction of the genetically “fit” while impeding reproduction of those deemed genetically "inferior." Some scholars view the Negro Project as an attempt to suppress reproduction amongst blacks, who by eugenic standards were deemed genetically unfit for reproduction. Additionally, some scholars cite the involvement of fellow eugenicists such as Clarence J. Gamble, future president of the Pathfinder International, in the history of the project as evidence for its eugenic intent. Additionally, some of the language used in Sanger's proposals for the Negro Project is borrowed from African American social and political activist W.E.B. DuBois who himself was a eugenicist (through his promotion of concepts like the Talented Tenth and Racial Uplift) and advocate of birth control use within the black population. However, defenders of Sanger deny racial motivation in her desire to provide black Americans with access to contraception, asserting that quotes from Sanger are often misinterpreted as racist and her intentions misconstrued. --DrBorg (talk) 17:38, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I disagree.
 * My proposal:
 * There is controversy over whether the Negro Project was eugenic in nature. Eugenics, which is a discredited scientific movement that sought to advance the human race through selective reproduction. The original proposal by Sanger was certainly not of an eugenic nature but due to the deviations of the project management it lost most of its racial neutrality.
 * The Banner talk 22:39, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I mean it doesn't matter what her supposed proposal was, that wasn't how it was viewed. Elove444 (talk) 17:18, 6 March 2024 (UTC)