The concept of eugenics has to do with the belief or practice of improving the genetic quality of the human race (“Eugenetics” 2010). The concept was first introduced by Francis Galton, a researcher who wanted to apply Darwin's theory of evolution to the human race. Just like many endeavors that begin with good intentions, the results of applying this concept in real life have been grave crimes against humanity. The eugenics movement of the early twentieth century perverted the original concept by employing morally questionable techniques including forced sterilization, marriage restrictions, segregation, internment camps, and genocide (Black 2012). In War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race, Edwin Black discusses the roots of the eugenics movement in the United States of America and how this ultimately influenced the terrifying actions taken by the Nazis in pursuit of the pure Aryan race. The first seed of perversion that led to these atrocious feats is the misunderstanding of genes after their discovery at the end of the 19th century. The wealthy upper class took this discovery as justification for their racist feelings; the poor are poor because of their bad genes. This misunderstood idea of ​​bad genes in the gene pool created a fictitious problem that needed to be solved. If the poor and weak lower classes exist like this because of their genetic insufficiency, then eliminating these genes from society at large would certainly benefit society as a whole. The man who encapsulated this bigoted sentiment was Charles Davenport. This man was able to found many institutions dedicated to "eugenics" research of this kind being funded by the likes of Rockefeller, Carnegie and others not... middle of paper... human nature to immediately notice why others they are different from ourselves and for this reason bigotry and segregation will never truly cease to exist and manipulation of the human genome will only exacerbate this problem. Works Cited Black, Edwin. War against the weak: Eugenics and the American campaign to create a master race. Dialog Press, 2012. Print."Eugenics". Unified medical language system (psychological index terms). National Library of Medicine. September 26, 2010. Genetics Home Reference. Tay-Sachs disease. National Library of Medicine. 2012. Retrieved from http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/tay-sachs-disease.Green Jersey. Can men and women with Down syndrome marry and have children? 2013. Retrieved from http://www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/component/content/article/35-general/162-6-can-men-a-women-with-downs-syndrome-get-married- and-have-children.html