they worshiped differently, had different religions, they re speaking yiddish, all things that are completely new to america. all of it horrified america s wealthy elite, the blue bloods of park avenue and fifth avenue. they begin to freak out. they freak out and say we can t allow all these hooards of new immigrants to come who are so different from us, they re going to change our country. these immigrants threaten everything they hold dear about america. so some of the nation s most prominent men got together and hatched a plan. these are men who saw themselves as the best and the brightest for sure. these are respected people. they put their money and prestige behind scientists who were studying so-called inferior races. a pseudo science called
they dress differently. they re speaking yiddish. they have italian foods. these are all things that are completely new to america. reporter: all of it horrified america s wealthy elite. the blue bloods of park avenue and fifth avenue. they begin to freak out and say we can t allow all of these new immigrants to come who are so different from us, they re going to change our country. these immigrants threaten everything they hold dear about america. reporter: so some of the nation s most predominant men got together and hatched a plan. these are men who saw themselves as the best and the brightest, for sure. and these are respected people. reporter: they put their money and prestige behind scientists who were studying so-called inferior races. a pseudoscience call eugenics. whether you would be a good immigrant or not depended on