07-29-2025, 05:25 PM
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Make GFY Great Again
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Location: Louisiana
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Originally Posted by asorelli
Maybe this post will become useful after all, at least it's shedding some light on reality in a round about sort of way .... and if not, whatever, add it to the list of every other "fcking around" post .
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There’s growing concern that U.S. policies around population and reproduction are being shaped by racial and cultural biases. Historically, the government has implemented coercive measures to limit reproduction among communities of color. For example, thousands of Puerto Rican women were sterilized without fully informed consent in the mid-20th century, part of a broader effort to control the island’s population. Similar sterilization campaigns targeted Native American and Black women across the U.S., often through welfare programs or under the guise of public health. These actions weren’t just isolated incidents, they reflected a systemic belief that certain groups shouldn’t reproduce.
At the same time, American leaders have a long history of encouraging white women to have more children. In the early 1900s, fears of “race suicide” led politicians like President Theodore Roosevelt to push the idea that white, native-born women had a duty to bear more children to preserve the country’s identity. These ideas haven’t disappeared, they’ve simply evolved. Today, we see prominent figures promoting pro-birth policies like expanded child tax credits or access to fertility treatments. On the surface, these proposals appear inclusive, but the language surrounding them often focuses on declining white birth rates or the fear of being "replaced" by immigrants and people of color.
This push for higher birth rates among certain demographics is happening alongside stricter immigration policies and rising deportation rates. The contradiction is stark: on one hand, the government is making it harder for migrants, many of whom are people of color, to enter or remain in the country, while on the other, it’s floating policies aimed at boosting population growth, largely appealing to white Americans. When you look at the patterns, past and present, it’s hard to ignore that population policy in the U.S. has often been less about helping families broadly and more about shaping which families the country wants more of.
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