Thank you, Dita, for a well-written, informative article. My grandmother was one of those forcibly sterilized by the state of North Carolina as was my great-aunt. It is heartening to see someone who examines the past and understands that we are not immune from repeating our mistakes. It worries me to know how few among us actually investigate our histories or look beyond what is proffered as truth to find the facts. The point? We must learn from our mistakes so we don't repeat them. Repeating the eugenics experiment would be devastating. -Karen Beck
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Thank you, Dita, for a well-written, informative article. My grandmother was one of those forcibly sterilized by the state of North Carolina as was my great-aunt. It is heartening to see someone who examines the past and understands that we are not immune from repeating our mistakes. It worries me to know how few among us actually investigate our histories or look beyond what is proffered as truth to find the facts. The point? We must learn from our mistakes so we don't repeat them. Repeating the eugenics experiment would be devastating. -Karen Beck
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