North Carolina to Compensate Eugenics Program Survivors | United States | Epoch Times: In the late 1800s, the ills of society were promised a solution from an emerging science—eugenics. Inspired by social Darwinism, eugenics sought to rid the culture of degenerate individuals through a practice of selective sterilization.
Although North Carolina was one of the last states to abandon the practice, it was one of the first to issue a formal apology for it. Now the Tar Heel state wants to take another step to rectify past behavior as it considers granting financial compensation for as many as 2,900 surviving men and women who were victims of their program.
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