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minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI’m sure there was quite a bit of crossover between the eugenics people and racists.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoYes, but that’s very different from claiming that the people who came up with terms like “moron”, “idiot” and “imbecile” as a way to describe people with intellectual disabilities were necessarily racist.
I’m sure there was quite a bit of crossover between the eugenics people and racists.
Yes, but that’s very different from claiming that the people who came up with terms like “moron”, “idiot” and “imbecile” as a way to describe people with intellectual disabilities were necessarily racist.