Topic: William F Buckley Jr

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William Shockley and the Theory of Downbreeding

A 1970s interview clip features William Shockley, co-inventor of the transistor, discussing his theory of "dysgenics" with William F. Buckley Jr. Shockley argued that "downbreeding" or "retrogressive evolution" was a threat to the Black community due to reproduction patterns. He claimed that even if no basic difference in intellectual capacity existed in the past, one would be created in the future by these patterns.