c/politics · by jeffw@lemmy.world · 1y

How Trump’s racist talk of immigrant ‘bad genes’ echoes some of the last century’s darkest ideas about eugenics

https://theconversation.com/how-trumps-racist-talk-of-immigrant-bad-genes-echoes-some-of-the-last-centurys-darkest-ideas-about-eugenics-241548

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GottaKnowYourCHKN@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y

Gotta love that we talk about racism as if it ever left. None of this rhetoric is new, it's just being said with a full chest.

uberdroog@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (3 replies)

but oh boy can he dance

teft@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

fluxion@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

No that's perfectly normal

Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y

Omg what episode is this?

MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 1y

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