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minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoEugenics was related to racism, but it wasn’t the same thing as racism. The intellectual ability / disability axis of eugenics was completely different from its skin colour axis.
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoI’m sure there was quite a bit of crossover between the eugenics people and racists.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days 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.
Eugenics was related to racism, but it wasn’t the same thing as racism.
The intellectual ability / disability axis of eugenics was completely different from its skin colour axis.
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.