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cmkramer
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Sun May-14-06 09:44 AM
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Actually, it turns out the Kallikaks never existed, but they were used as an example of how heredity trumps environment for many many years and how "bad genes" can last for generations which was considered a justification for the forced sterilization programs. Our library had a book from the 1920's which was purportedly a "biography" of the Kallikaks complete with pictures which was more or less a kind of screed about "see what happens when you let 'undesirables' have children?"
I think the other "family" was named the Jukes, weren't they?
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