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Missouri AG stops release of longest-serving wrongfully convicted woman
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Likely killer sounded like a gem
This wording didn’t age too well…
While i do agree with you, that is the correct word for it. Much like how if an Archeologists found the remains Caucasian people they would be called Caucasoid and Asian is called mongoloid.
A quick Google search tells me that the term is outdated and no longer used, having been refuted by modern genetics research.
I appreciate you letting me know. I will no longer use that word.
It's a sensitive topic but white and black people are genetically much more seperated than black and white rhinos which we are happy to describe as separate species.
The term isn't outdated because it's incorrect, it's outdated because if you start saying different groups of humans are literally separate species it really feeds in to the racist agenda.
Edit: Given the replies, it appears that I may well be wrong, I remember reading it somewhere but I can't find the source nkw. I'll downvote myself but leave the comment up because it enables others to learn from my mistake
The world needs more people who behave this way when shown they are mistaken. Good on you!
That is simply not true
85% of human genetic diversity exists within local populations. White and black people are genetically less separated than white and white people or black and black people, depending on the specific people. There is much more genetic diversity within populations than between them. A source
There is essentially no genetic support for the idea of races. They are purely a social construct based on some shallow phenotypical differences, culture, and the prejudices of a given time.
He’s just straight-up wrong. See my post replying to his.
I'm pretty sure it was on Reddit at some point but I'm not saying that makes it any more trustworthy.
I don't think this is what I was referring to, but very interesting.
One archeologist to another: looks like this person was ... happier than you and me.
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I don't get it.
It's from a Devo song called Mongoloid.
It goes:
He did bring home the bacon. Bacon is, I am told, the key to many people's happiness.
dude are you like 200 years old