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Artemis · 8w
Without interacting with people's actual experience & the systemic injustice involved, you're going to get a totally whack "understanding" of eugenics, because you will only see the pared-down "this i...
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I would bet that this person is cherry-picking the Wikipedia page anyway, but I can't be arsed to find out, because why would we ever expect Wikipedia to be a source of thorough, reliable, intersectional knowledge on this topic?

(I'm stealing a British phrase, because "can't be arsed" is fantastic)
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Artemis · 8w
"Nothing about us without us" is a great concept from disability activists to keep in mind with topics like this. If you aren't getting information about eugenics from the people most affected by eugenicist policies, beliefs & attitudes, you are not fucking informed on the topic.