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'''''Maafa 21: Black Genocide in 21st Century America''''' is an [[Anti-abortion movements|anti-abortion]] [[documentary film]] made in 2009 by [[United States pro-life movement|pro-life activist]] [[Mark Crutcher]].<ref name = NYT>{{cite news | title = To Court Blacks, Foes of Abortion Make Racial Case | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/us/27race.html | date = February 26, 2010 | work = [[The New York Times|NYTimes.com]] | publisher = [[The New York Times Company]] | location = Manhattan, NY | last = Dewan | first = Shaila}}</ref><ref name = Root1>{{cite news | title = Some Black Pro-Lifers Say Abortion Is Genocide | url = http://www.theroot.com/views/some-black-pro-lifers-say-abortion-genocide | date = March 15, 2010 | work = [[The Root (magazine)|TheRoot.com]] | publisher = [[The Washington Post Company]] | location = online magazine | last = Holloway | first = Lynette}}</ref> The film argues that the modern-day prevalence of [[Abortion#Induced|abortion]] among [[African American|African Americans]] is an attempted [[genocide]] or ''[[maafa]]'' of black people. It claims that the [[eugenics]] movements that targeted African Americans in the [[19th century|19th]] and [[20th century|20th]] centuries formed the basis for the [[abortion-rights movements]] of the 20th and [[21st century|21st]] centuries.
'''''Maafa 21: Black Genocide in 21st Century America''''' is an [[anti-abortion]] and [[Birth control|anti-contraception]] film made in 2009 by [[United States pro-life movement|pro-life activist]] [[Mark Crutcher]].<ref name = NYT>{{cite news | title = To Court Blacks, Foes of Abortion Make Racial Case | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/us/27race.html | date = February 26, 2010 | work = [[The New York Times|NYTimes.com]] | publisher = [[The New York Times Company]] | location = Manhattan, NY | last = Dewan | first = Shaila}}</ref><ref name="metropulse">{{cite news |first=Frank N. |last=Carlson |title=Sidebar: Meet Mark Crutcher, the Man Behind Maafa 21 |work=MetroPulse |date=June 2, 2010 |url=http://www.metropulse.com/news/2010/jun/02/meet-mark-crutcher-man-behind-maafa-21/}}</ref><ref name="Smear-n-Fear">{{cite web |url=http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/sightings/index.html |title=Smear-n-Fear |publisher=Margaret Sanger Papers Project |month=April |year=2010 |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}</ref><ref name = Root1>{{cite news | title = Some Black Pro-Lifers Say Abortion Is Genocide | url = http://www.theroot.com/views/some-black-pro-lifers-say-abortion-genocide | date = March 15, 2010 | work = [[The Root (magazine)|TheRoot.com]] | publisher = [[The Washington Post Company]] | location = online magazine | last = Holloway | first = Lynette}}</ref> The film argues that the modern-day prevalence of [[abortion]] among [[African Americans]] is an attempted [[genocide]] or ''[[maafa]]'' of black people. It claims that [[eugenics]] movements targeting African Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries are the basis for reproductive rights movements and in particular for the creation of [[Planned Parenthood]] by [[Margaret Sanger]], a claim which Esther Katz, a leading scholar on Sanger's life and work, identifies as completely wrong and without evidence.<ref name="metropulse"/><ref name="Smear-n-Fear"/><ref name="metropulse2">{{cite news |first=Frank N. |last=Carlson |title=Anti-abortionists Accuse Knoxville Planned Parenthood of 'Black Genocide' |work=MetroPulse |date=June 2, 2010 |url=http://www.metropulse.com/news/2010/jun/02/anti-abortionists-accuse-knoxville-planned-parenth/?printer=1/}}</ref>


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
The title comes from the [[Swahili language|Swahili]] term "maafa", which means ''tragedy'' or ''disaster'' and is used to describe the centuries of global oppression of African people during [[Atlantic slave trade|slavery]], [[Apartheid in South Africa|apartheid]] and [[Colonialism#Impact_of_colonialism_and_colonization|colonial rule]], while the number "21" refers to an alleged ''maafa'' in the 21st century (though beginning in the 19th), which the film says is the abortion of [[prenatal development|the unborn]] among African Americans.<ref name = CT>[http://vcyamerica.org/crosstalkdeeparchives "Klan Parenthood", an interview of Mark Crutcher] (7/22/2009)</ref><ref name = LeFlore>{{cite news | title = An Interview with Mark Crutcher | url = http://www.freedomsjournal.net/2010/01/10/an-interview-with-mark-crutcher/ | date = January 10, 2010 | work = Freedom's Journal Magazine (FreedomsJournal.net) | publisher = [[Eric_Wallace_(entrepreneur)#Entrepreneur|Wallace Multimedia Group LLC]] | location = Matteson, IL | last = Rev. LeFlore III | first = Ceasar I.}}</ref> The film states that abortion has reduced the Black population in the [[United States]] by 25 percent. It discusses some of [[Planned Parenthood|Planned Parenthood's]] origins (formerly the [[American Birth Control League]]), attributing to it a "150-year-old goal of exterminating the black population." It attacks [[Margaret Sanger]], along with other birth control advocates, as a racist eugenicist. The film features [[Dr. Alveda King]], niece of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], who claims that Sanger targeted black people.<ref name = Root1/><ref>[http://www.blogtalkradio.com/search/maafa-21 Interview of Dr. Alveda King]</ref>
The title comes from the [[Swahili language|Swahili]] term "maafa", which means ''tragedy'' or ''disaster'' and is used to describe the centuries of global oppression of African people during [[Atlantic slave trade|slavery]], [[apartheid]] and [[colonial rule]], while the number "21" refers to an alleged ''maafa'' in the [[21st century]] (though beginning in the 19th), which the film says is the abortion by black women.<ref name = CT>[http://vcyamerica.org/crosstalkdeeparchives "Klan Parenthood", an interview of Mark Crutcher] (7/22/2009)</ref><ref name = LeFlore>{{cite news | title = An Interview with Mark Crutcher | url = http://www.freedomsjournal.net/2010/01/10/an-interview-with-mark-crutcher/ | date = January 10, 2010 | work = Freedom's Journal Magazine (FreedomsJournal.net) | publisher = [[Eric_Wallace_(entrepreneur)#Entrepreneur|Wallace Multimedia Group LLC]] | location = Matteson, IL | last = Rev. LeFlore III | first = Ceasar I.}}</ref> The film states that abortion has reduced the Black population in the United States by 25 percent. It discusses some of Planned Parenthood's origins (formerly the [[American Birth Control League]]), attributing to it a "150-year-old goal of exterminating the black population." It attacks [[Margaret Sanger]], along with other birth control advocates, as a racist eugenicist. The film features [[Alveda King]], who claims that Sanger targeted black people.<ref name = Root1/><ref>[http://www.blogtalkradio.com/search/maafa-21 Interview of Dr. Alveda King]</ref>


==Release and screenings==
==Release and screenings==

Revision as of 08:34, 16 February 2013

Maafa 21
Directed byMark Crutcher
Produced byLife Dynamics
Release date
June 15, 2009
Running time
approx. 137 mins
CountryUnited States

Maafa 21: Black Genocide in 21st Century America is an anti-abortion and anti-contraception film made in 2009 by pro-life activist Mark Crutcher.[1][2][3][4] The film argues that the modern-day prevalence of abortion among African Americans is an attempted genocide or maafa of black people. It claims that eugenics movements targeting African Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries are the basis for reproductive rights movements and in particular for the creation of Planned Parenthood by Margaret Sanger, a claim which Esther Katz, a leading scholar on Sanger's life and work, identifies as completely wrong and without evidence.[2][3][5]

Synopsis

The title comes from the Swahili term "maafa", which means tragedy or disaster and is used to describe the centuries of global oppression of African people during slavery, apartheid and colonial rule, while the number "21" refers to an alleged maafa in the 21st century (though beginning in the 19th), which the film says is the abortion by black women.[6][7] The film states that abortion has reduced the Black population in the United States by 25 percent. It discusses some of Planned Parenthood's origins (formerly the American Birth Control League), attributing to it a "150-year-old goal of exterminating the black population." It attacks Margaret Sanger, along with other birth control advocates, as a racist eugenicist. The film features Alveda King, who claims that Sanger targeted black people.[4][8]

Release and screenings

The film was released on June 15, 2009, and the premiere screening was held on June 18, 2009, on the eve of Juneteenth, at the United States Capitol Visitor Center.

See also

References

  1. ^ Dewan, Shaila (February 26, 2010). "To Court Blacks, Foes of Abortion Make Racial Case". NYTimes.com. Manhattan, NY: The New York Times Company.
  2. ^ a b Carlson, Frank N. (June 2, 2010). "Sidebar: Meet Mark Crutcher, the Man Behind Maafa 21". MetroPulse.
  3. ^ a b "Smear-n-Fear". Margaret Sanger Papers Project. 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  4. ^ a b Holloway, Lynette (March 15, 2010). "Some Black Pro-Lifers Say Abortion Is Genocide". TheRoot.com. online magazine: The Washington Post Company.
  5. ^ Carlson, Frank N. (June 2, 2010). "Anti-abortionists Accuse Knoxville Planned Parenthood of 'Black Genocide'". MetroPulse.
  6. ^ "Klan Parenthood", an interview of Mark Crutcher (7/22/2009)
  7. ^ Rev. LeFlore III, Ceasar I. (January 10, 2010). "An Interview with Mark Crutcher". Freedom's Journal Magazine (FreedomsJournal.net). Matteson, IL: Wallace Multimedia Group LLC.
  8. ^ Interview of Dr. Alveda King
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