signal boost: reparations for forced sterilization in North Carolina. deadline for applying for retribution is this June! Over a period of 45 years, North Carolina forcibly sterilized 7,600 people it deemed mentally or socially unfit. Now, 39 years since the state’s eugenics program ended in 1974, it will finally make reparations, with lawmakers earmarking $10 million to compensate victims, reports the Wall Street Journal. “No amount that we can afford to pay is enough,” says a state lawmaker. “But this is sufficient for the living victims to know that the state of North Carolina sincerely regrets the injustice that we’ve done to them.” newser/story/171618/n-carolina-will-pay-10m-to-forced-sterilization-victims.html
Posted on: Sun, 25 May 2014 18:24:53 +0000
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