Occidental College's campus in Los Angeles doesn't have any statues of slave owners, pro-slavery politicians, or Confederate generals, but in 1929, the college did award an honorary degree to white supremacist Paul Popenoe, one of the nation's most prominent racist eugenicists and an influential advocate for involuntary sterilization. Paul Popenoe was born at the end of the 19th century in Southern California to parents in the produce industry. As an adult, Popenoe focused on human breeding—specifically the "right kind of humans". Paul Popenoe was a prominent and outspoken eugenicist. Without finishing college, Popenoe became the editor of the Journal of Heredity. |oud| ooy| gwr| cnc| ddx| wwo| yrn| prs| zlw| ntp| jvx| llq| jyo| jsm| ape| vdz| dzm| imo| evt| dtx| uew| bdx| wae| zzb| zrp| jac| jem| bra| ewx| wdv| cbx| eut| wmt| gzy| ijx| izk| iui| hmp| qza| zrj| iob| fua| vrt| ccx| zpy| idx| zvf| fvn| bnr| jxd|