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A reader gave me a holla last night about a film someone had just uploaded to Youtube.

“Contraceptives will become a form of drug warfare against the helpless in this nation.” Jesse Jackson, 1971

“Under the cover of an alleged campaign to ‘alleviate poverty,’ white supremacist Americans and their dupes are pushing an all-out drive to put rigid birth control measures into every black home. No such drive exists within the white American world.” Black Unity Party, 1968

This film talks about how the eugenics movement wanted to use drinking water sources in urban areas as a way of sterilizing people in these communities. Hmmm, who else wanted to do this?

“Proponents…have argued this bill is for blacks and the poor who want abortions and can’t afford one. This is the phoniest and most preposterous argument of all. Because I represent the inner-city where the majority of blacks and poor live and I challenge anyone here to show me a waiting line of either blacks or poor whites who are wanting an abortion.” Iowa State Rep. June Franklin, Democrat 1971.

“The abortion law, hides behind the guise of helping women, when in reality it will attempt to destroy our people.” Brenda Hyson, New York chapter, Black Panther Party, 1971

“A true revolutionary cares about the people–he cares to the point that he is willing to put his life on the line to help the masses of poor and oppressed people. He would never think of killing his unborn child.” Detroit chapter, Black Panther Party, 1970

“How the hell is getting the pill? The Mexican and the Negro. Do you want to wipe us out?” Caesar Chavez, 1967

“It is strange that they choose to start talking about population control at the same time that Black people in America and people of color around the world are demanding their rightful place as human citizens and their rightful share of the material wealth in the world.” Jesse Jackson, 1977

I have not seen many full documentaries on the issue of abortion, population control and eugenics, but this is by far the best one I have seen hands down. The creators clearly did their homework and made their case very well. Eugenics (population control, family planning, whatever the latest descriptor) was and is about eliminating those in our society who are deemed as useless and of little worth. This is why as much as I may not share the same values of let’s say the BET crowd, many of them are still my people. Engaging in this Us vs. Them bull crap in the long run is destructive.

Another thing I liked about this documentary is that it exposed how both Democrats and Republicans have been pushing the whole idea of “family planing” in the Black community for decades. This is why I always say several things on this site: Follow the money, look at the associations and the only thing politicians care about is another term. When you look at politics from that angle, you will see that it the long run, party affiliation is almost worthless.

Here is the homepage.

Here are most parts of the documentary on meta cafe (They are not in order. So you may have to do some searching. )