Margaret Sanger & the Ku Klux Klan Rally

Most people are aware that the founder of Planned Parenthood is Margaret Sanger. But what most people are not aware of is who she really is & what she really believed in that led her to start Planned Parenthood.

In a sentence: Margaret Sanger was a racist who supported eugenics. She believed that all colored people, people of Southern European origin & Christians should be sterilized so they couldn't reproduce. As a Catholic & someone of Italiano descent, that alone is 2 strikes against her. If she had had her way, I wouldn't exist. Good in her mind, but clearly not in mine, or my friends.

She also was a big fan of Adolph Hitler & what he was doing to the Jews. When people saw what Hitler was doing to put eugenics in practice she distanced herself from him. She also downplayed her views. But, she never repudiated them. Planned Parenthood was a big part of her plan to eliminate minorities. & they have never officially repudiated her views either, although they also cover them up as best they can.

Most biographies out there today usually ignore this fact. But, there are plenty of copies of her books & magazine articles where she was promoting this out there to belie those claims. (see Margaret Sanger. "The Eugenic Value of Birth Control Propaganda", Birth Control Review, October 1921, page 5 for example)

But the truth is out there, despite the all the attempts to cover it up.

Why do I bring this up. The reason is simple, as a lead in to answering a request I received in an e-mail I received Monday. I was asked if I could promote the 3rd Annual Margaret Sanger at the Klu Klux Klan Contest being held by The Truth About Margaret Sanger blog. The info about the contest he sent me was:

"Participants in this year's contest are encouraged to commemorate Sanger at the Klan rally in unique artistic ways. Drawings, cartoons, historical novels, haiku, dance, plays, videos, paintings, quilts, rap, puppetry, modern interpretations of Sanger speaking to the Klan, reenactments of the speech on YouTube, mime, audio recordings of actual Sanger quotes she may have reused when speaking to the Klan - - there is no limit to the artistic ways this historic event can be commemorated. Please note, this year we will not be accepting photoshopped entries." This years judges are Jill Stanek and Sean Dailey.

I have to add an additional comment here. In using the term commemorate he isn't doing so to honor what she did. What she did & the fruit it is still bearing is an "INFAMIA!" Rather , it is to remind us of the horrible evil that she promoted so that we will be aware of it, educate others about the truth of who she was & to be better able to fight against the evils that still go on because of her work.

More info & full rules can be found here: Announcing the 3rd Annual Margaret Sanger at the Ku Klux Klan Rally Art Contest. The contest ends 31 Oct 2007. If any of you have any talent & want to help get the real truth about Margaret Sanger out there, here is an excellent opportunity to do so.