Sierra Club Disowns John Muir Over Friendship With Eugenicists, 'Perpetuating White Supremacy'
by Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
July 22, 2020

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He may have devoted most of his life to the preservation of America's wilderness and had a direct hand in the establishment of Yosemite National Park, but legendary environmentalist John Muir was friends with eugenicists - and so, he must be canceled.

The Sierra Club - which Muir founded and served as its first president - has condemned the iconic naturalist for his associations, along with racist comments in what Executive Director Michael Brune described as part of the organization's "substantial role in perpetuating white supremacy."

In a Wednesday post on their website, Brune pointed to Muir's close friendship with paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn and other eugenicists - whose movement sought to improve the genetic quality of the human race through selective breeding and sterilization of those deemed 'unfit to reproduce.' The list of 'undesirables' included those with mental or physical disabilities, low IQs, criminals, deviants, and various minority groups.