Intersection of Social Justice and Healthcare Movie Night 6: A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and the American Dream

Join the Kentucky Nurses Association for "Intersection of Social Justice and Healthcare Movie Night 6: A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and the American Dream," 6:30 - 9:15 p.m., Thursday, June 24. Once registered for the event, you will have access to review the movie one day before and one day after the showing. If watching the movie early, please don't forget to join the discussion directly after the program on June 24 to receive CEs  At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Describe the historical basis for viewing some groups, races and individuals as inherently superior to others and more deserving of fundamental rights based off of genetics;
• Discuss the use of eugenics and genetics in the sterilization of certain populations of women;
• Discuss the myth of "racial" health disparities and how they are based on falsely interpreted and employed science and
• Discuss the importance of evaluating all science, including nursing science, with a clear eye and willingness to questions its use in creating inequities throughout our society, particularly within healthcare.

KBN#1-0001-12-21-58
Contact Hours: 3

More about the movie:

There is a dangerous idea that has threatened the American Dream from the very beginning. It is a strong current of biological determinism which views some groups, races and individuals as inherently superior to others and more deserving of fundamental rights. Despite the founders' assertion that "all are created equal," this idea was used to justify disenfranchising women, blacks and Native Americans from the earliest days of the Republic.

A DANGEROUS IDEA: EUGENICS, GENETICS AND THE AMERICAN DREAM reveals how this dangerous idea gained new traction in the 20th century with an increasing belief in the concept of an all-powerful "gene" that predetermines who is worthy and who is not. The film reveals how this new genetic determinism provided an abhorrent rationale for state sanctioned crimes committed against America's poorest, most vulnerable citizens and for violations of the fundamental civil rights of untold millions.

Featuring interviews with social thinkers including Van Jones and Robert Reich as well as prominent scientists in many fields, A DANGEROUS IDEA is a radical reassessment of the meaning, use and misuse of gene science. Like no other film before it, this documentary brings to light how false scientific claims have rolled back long fought for gains in equality, and how powerful interests are poised once again to use the gene myth to unravel the American Dream.

Please note that you will receive the evaluation between one and three business days after the program.  After you complete the evaluation, please allow seven days to receive your CE certificate.

Attendees must stay for duration of the program to be awarded contact hours for continuing nursing education provide license number upon registration and complete an evaluation for the program. Partial credit will not be awarded for any session. We reserve the right to cancel or alter the program if unanticipatedcircumstances necessitate changes.  The Kentucky Nurses Association is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN). The KBN approval of an individual nursing continuing education provider does not constitute endorsement.