This writing supported the medical model of disabilities, and attempted to group being of a different racial group with having a disability. This made individuals with disabilities seem as though they have an issue that should be solved.

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Sanger argued that sterilizing mentally and physically disabled would be effective in ridding disabilities in future generations. This was similar to her beliefs on other ethnicities, where she supported the idea of sterilizing other races and ethnicities she viewed as "biological mistakes".

"The Pivot of Civilization" Book by Margaret Sanger (1922)

James, J. C., & Wu, C. (2006). Editors’ Introduction: Race, Ethnicity, Disability, and Literature: Intersections and Interventions. MELUS, 31(3), 3–13. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30029649

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