Documentary Description
In 1980, a Californian millionaire established a very exclusive
foundation for biological determinism or, in other words – a sperm
bank. In fact, Robert Graham’s scheme was straight out of a James Bond
film. His ‘Repository for Germinal Choice’ was created with the express
aim of creating a master race of exceptional individuals.
It was housed – like all plutocratic supremacy ideas should be –
deep inside a subterranean concrete bunker. However, the crowning glory
of his Blofeld-like plan was that only scientific masterminds could
donate. The crème de la crème, you might say – genius seed frozen in
liquid nitrogen.
Graham had made his fortune by developing shatterproof plastic
spectacle lenses. In 1978, he sold his company, Armorlite, and focused
on his real vision – keeping America great by selective breeding.
Troubled by his dubious notion that poor “retrograde humans” were
gradually diluting America’s gene pool, Graham vowed to do something
about it.
“Early in my life it dawned on me that bright, desirable citizens
weren’t reproducing themselves,” Graham said, during a rare interview
in 1983. “The local doctor had only one child, the banker had one child
and the richest and most famous man in town was childless.”
In fact, the inspiration for his super-sperm bank was 1946 Nobel
prize-winning American geneticist, Hermann Muller. Muller had long
advocated establishing sperm banks in which donations from brilliant
men would be stored until after their deaths. The media and scientific
fraternity rounded on Graham when he first went public with his
repository. He was accused of trying to create a “master race.” He
retreated from the public eye until 1982, when his first ultra achiever
baby was born…
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