Original sentence: Government aid being used means of leverage over marginalized groups seeking help.However, the circumstances under which the exams were taken were different between Mexican-American and White children.Legislation concerning women’s reproductive rights traditionally protects upper class white women.Mexican-Americans during the 1900’s were given IQ tests and results were compared to the results of White children.Scientific publications like The Bell Curve that consider a genetically inherent difference of intelligence and therefore socioeconomic status is used as the justification for prejudices based on race, ability, criminal background, sexuality, mental health, etc...These confounding factors were included as possible reasons to why some performed better than others.These exams indicated that White children performed better than Mexican-American children.These women are less likely to be incarcerated which leaves minroity women unprotected because they exist outside the bounds of the law.They use this leverage to allocate funds in the name of protection of the State’s financial interests.This was used to justify segregation of minority children who were reported as less intelligent.Unlike White children, Mexican-American children were not native english speakers and had not received the same education as White test takers.While not explicit demands for sterilization or extermination, the regulation of anti-fertilization medication in exchange for welfare benefits, and anti-immigration movements can be traced back to motives aligned with eugenics.Women in slavery faced sexual abuse in the form of involuntary sterilization similar to that endured by incarcerated women today