{"id":217911,"date":"2020-02-05T08:30:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T14:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=217911"},"modified":"2020-02-18T22:14:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T04:14:29","slug":"planned-parenthood-black-organizing-program-targets-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-black-organizing-program-targets-population\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood’s ‘Black Organizing Program’ targets population that already has highest abortion rate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Planned Parenthood has a newly\u00a0created<\/a>\u00a0“Black Organizing Program” which some see as shockingly reminiscent of their founder Margaret Sanger’s “Negro Project.” Details of this new outreach and education program were made public in\u00a0a job description<\/a> seeking an intern for the program,\u00a0which is expected to run from June 1 to August 14 in Planned Parenthood’s D.C. office. The candidate will work under the direction of PPFA’s\u00a0Associate Director of Black Campaigns (currently Jamesa Bailey<\/a>) and must have “[e]xperience with campaigns in diverse communities preferred (with emphasis in Black communities\/populations).” While Sanger pushed to use eugenics to control the births among those she deemed “unfit,” Planned Parenthood currently appears to be on a mission to destigmatize abortion in Black communities.<\/p>\n

The similarities between Sanger’s efforts to indoctrinate minorities using Black ministers and this more modern attempt of co-opting Black community support can be clearly seen in Planned Parenthood’s employment ad, which states in part, “The Black Organizing Program is Planned Parenthood\u2019s national effort to work with the Black community on fights for reproductive health, sex education, and access to care.” However, it seems that those in the Black community have a great deal of “access to care” (typically euphemistic language for abortion), as Black women now account for a whopping 38% of all abortions<\/a>\u00a0and have the highest abortion rate<\/a> of all races, while African Americans make up just 12% of the U.S. population. (By comparison, white women had 35% of all abortions and Hispanic women accounted for almost 19%.)\u00a0Live Action News has repeatedly documented<\/a> that while abortions are on the rise at Planned Parenthood, health services and clients are actually plummeting.<\/p>\n

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Planned Parenthood creates Black Organizing Program<\/p><\/div>\n

The ad continues:<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) seeks a dynamic 2020 Black Organizing Program to\u00a0help further the goals of the organization by working with members of the Black Organizing Team….You will have the opportunity to learn:<\/em><\/p>\n

Foundational organizing skills at a national level, including goal planning and evaluating success.<\/em><\/p>\n

Experience working with communities of color and other marginalized groups with opportunities to highlight those voices in the Reproductive health and rights movement.<\/em><\/p>\n

Development of training materials and support for Black leaders and affiliate staff who work with Black communities.<\/em><\/p>\n

Additional job postings appear to reveal an all-out-effort by the eugenics-founded organization to target<\/a> the Black community. Live Action News located the position of\u00a0\u00a0Specialist, Black Leadership & Engagement<\/em> (view ad here<\/a>) who reports to the Director of Black Leadership and Engagement (Nia Martin-Robinson<\/a>) to, “build and strengthen relationships within Black communities and be expressly familiar with culture and issue areas of Black communities”and “Maintain Black partnership database…” as well as “…highlight Black work.”<\/p>\n

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Job posting for Planned Parenthood Specialist Black Leadership<\/p><\/div>\n

Planned Parenthood was founded in 1916 by Margaret Sanger, who was saturated in the eugenics movement.\u00a0In 1921, Sanger\u00a0proclaimed<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cthe campaign for birth control is not merely of eugenic value, but is practically identical in ideal with the final aim of eugenics.\u201d In 1926, Margaret Sanger met with the women\u2019s branch of the Ku Klux Klan<\/a>, entertaining additional invitations. The event took place in Silver Lake, New Jersey, as Sanger\u00a0described<\/a>\u00a0in her autobiography:<\/p>\n

I accepted an invitation to talk to the women\u2019s branch of the Ku Klux Klan\u2026. I saw through the door dim figures parading with banners and illuminated crosses\u2026. I was escorted to the platform, was introduced, and began to speak\u2026. In the end, through simple illustrations I believed I had accomplished my purpose. A dozen invitations to speak to similar groups were proffered. (Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography, P.366)<\/em><\/p>\n

Sanger called that event\u00a0\u201cone of the weirdest experiences I had in lecturing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, in 1939, Sanger created her \u201cNegro Project,\u201d as described in a\u00a0letter<\/a>\u00a0she penned to Clarence Gamble regarding her desire to use Black ministers in furthering her organization\u2019s agenda. \u201cWe do not want\u00a0word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population,\u201d she said. And if it did, these ministers could\u00a0\u201cstraighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of\u00a0their more rebellious members.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Excerpt: Margaret Sanger Letter to Clarence Gamble, Negro Project<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Live Action News has\u00a0documented<\/a>\u00a0how many of Sanger’s\u00a0board members<\/a>\u00a0were also deeply entrenched in the racist philosophy of eugenics. Among those were\u00a0Lothrop Stoddard<\/a>\u00a0—\u00a0identified<\/a>\u00a0as Exalted Cyclops of the Massachusetts chapter of the Ku Klux Klan — as well as Planned Parenthood\u2019s first physician president,\u00a0Alan F. Guttmacher<\/a>\u00a0(after whom the Guttmacher Institute is named). Both men pushed population control methods that targeted Black Americans. While Sanger\u00a0was a vocal proponent of\u00a0eugenic sterilization,<\/a>\u00a0Guttmacher (a former VP of the Eugenics Society) suggested voluntary methods like abortion<\/a> would be a better tool. Planned Parenthood\u00a0itself<\/a>\u00a0became\u00a0steeped<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0eugenics community<\/a>, taking free rent from eugenics organizations.<\/p>\n