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Still Searching for Donor White (or Coral, or Fuchsia …)

The latest on the "Nobel Prize sperm bank" investigation.

By |Posted Wednesday, March 7, 2001, at 3:00 AM

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In the next few weeks—relying on the people I've interviewed and hopefully more to come—I will address these questions. I will also take sidetours into the peculiar history of American sperm banks and the even more peculiar history of American eugenics.

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If you have a connection to the Repository for Germinal Choice—whether as a donor, client, child, or employee—and you would like to share your story anonymously, please contact me by e-mail at plotzd@slate.comor by phone at (202) 862-4889. 

The Seed Series

Part 1: An introduction to the Seed project

Part 2: An interview with donor "Entrepreneur"

Part 3: The first responses

Part 4: The real history of the "Nobel sperm bank"

Part 5: An update and a preview

Part 6: A mother searches for "Donor White"

Part 7: An update on the donor list

Part 8: The weird history of "positive" eugenics

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David Plotz is the Editor of Slate. He's the author of The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank and Good Book. He appears on Slate's Political Gabfest.