American Eugenics and the Tragedy of Carrie Buck

Summary: In 1927, the Supreme Court of the United States decided certain "undesirables" could be sterilized against their will. And American academics were all for it. Cited is a podcast and radio show produced out of the world class Michael Smith Laboratories at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. It is written, edited, produced and hosted by Sam Fenn, Gordon Katic, Alexander Kim and Josh Gabert-Doyon. Thanks also to Jennifer Luu and Lauryn Rohde. If you like the show, please subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes; follow us on Twitter; like us on Facebook; and send us an email to let us know what you think at cited.podcast@ubc.ca. Cited is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. We thank them for their support.