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Also true of Margaret Sanger: - She participated in gatherings of the KKK - Her corporate board of directors included open racists - She was a big proponent
by RickJWagner 7y ago
Also true of Margaret Sanger:
- She participated in gatherings of the KKK
- Her corporate board of directors included open racists
- She was a big proponent of eugenics
- One of her most ambitious birth control projects was focused entirely on African Americans. It was called 'The Negro Project'.
Draw your own conclusions about her character. All of the above are factual.
- jandrese 7y agoEarly feminists and especially suffragettes were frequently criticized for only focusing on one issue at a time, but trying to take on every problem at once is a recipe for accomplishing nothing. You have to stay focused if you want to win.
- mirimir 7y agoThere's more than a little whataboutism there. Sure, maybe she was a racist. But that doesn't mean that she was wrong about women's rights and sex education. Edit: I'd love to see the argument why that's untrue.