Talk:Rockefeller Foundation

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[edit] Criticisms section

Lots of serious accusations. Needs references to keep.

Indeed. In particular, the section is:

The Rockefeller Foundation has been wrought with controversial ties, using its great wealth to support pseudoscientific fringes that resulted in the deaths of millions. A perfect example of this was its support for the eugenics movement that swept the US in the early 20th century. Some of the leading "philanthropists" endowed millions of dollars toward racial purity research. Not only was American research integral to the formulation of Hitler's racial purity ideology, but through the Rockefeller Foundation, his scientists were given millions for their own studies as the justification for Hitler's "total solution to the Jewish problem." By 1926, the Rockefeller Foundation had donated some $426,000 to German scientists. In May, 1926, the Rockefeller Foundation donated a sum of $250,000 for the creation of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Psychiatry where Ernst Rudin, the forerunner of Hitler's eugenics research, was a leading psychiatrist. In 1929, the Rockefeller Foundation submitted a grant worth $317,000 to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Brain Research, another eugenics related institution, led by Ernst Rudin, where thousands of people were mercilessly tortured and relegated to the status of 'lab rats' for the purpose of providing further research to justify Hitler's genocide.

I originally reverted you because there was no explanation for the blanking of the section; however, on further thought (and reading this comment), I have to say that I agree.

Does the original author wish to cite any references to support his postion?

James F. (talk) 14:50, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I didn't have the time to write up a criticism paragraph but there seems to be pretty solid journalistic evidence linking the foundation to early 20th century eugenics (including Rudin) and its slow crossover with other population control groups and ideologies. Some initial sources I have come up with are in the external links section for now. ~~User:Unreal128 06:58, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Speaking of eugenics, I think someone needs to find references for the above (since it appears to be true). Also, I would guess the foundation is no longer promoting eugenics. However the article seems to suggest it is. Nil Einne 09:52, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that struck me, too. I'm going to strike that out. If QuantumOne cares to replace it, I think it should have a citation showing that it's currently something the foundation pursues; else, if it's to be in the article at all, it should be said that it was a onetime pursuit and no longer. Mkilly 02:03, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Rockefeller was cited in many wikipedia pages as a direct or indirect sponsor of many illegal/conspiracy/hidden projects, like in MKUltra and dr. Sidney Gottlieb (citing: "Many people suffered serious adverse affects consequent of research financed by Gottlieb and the Rockefeller Foundation." as said on the page of Sidney Gottlieb.) The more I look to the CIA-related pages, the more Rockfeller name sticks to my mind. They (the Rockies) cannot be the true philanthropists and the "criticism section" needs to be brought back on the page, at least to provide the other side of the view. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.102.134.213 (talk • contribs).