Marie Kaniecki, Nicole L Novak, Sarah Gao, Natalie Lira, Toni Ann TreviƱo, Kate O'Connor, Alexandra Minna Stern
During the twentieth century, state health authorities in California recommended sterilization for over 20,000 individuals held in state institutions. Asian immigrants occupied a marginalized position in racial, gender, and class hierarchies in California at the height of its eugenic sterilization program. Scholars have documented the disproportionate sterilization of other racialized groups, but little research exists connecting the racist, gendered implementation of Asian immigration restriction to the racism and sexism inherent in eugenics...
December 2023: Social Forces; a Scientific Medium of Social Study and Interpretation