Some seem confused so: There was no organized effort to selectively breed enslaved people. While the slavers did get to decide who would have children with whom. And they no doubt chose individuals with "desirable" characteristics. This isn't the kind of multi-generational project that could possibly hope to select for traits.
The brutality of slavery may have had some selective pressure, but that was unintentional.
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Berttheduck@lemmy.ml · 23 pts · 353d
Eugenics?
knightly@pawb.social · 14 pts · 353d
Parenting
InvisibleShoe@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 353d
Parenting? Caretaking? Guardianship?
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 8 pts · 352d
Eugenics and slavery.
Note that those are widely considered bad things.
twice_hatch@midwest.social · 8 pts · 353d
https://humandomestication.guide/
Good luck out there bestie
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 353d
You mean in terms of slavery? As far as I know there's no specific word for it in English.
yesman@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 352d
Some seem confused so: There was no organized effort to selectively breed enslaved people. While the slavers did get to decide who would have children with whom. And they no doubt chose individuals with "desirable" characteristics. This isn't the kind of multi-generational project that could possibly hope to select for traits.
The brutality of slavery may have had some selective pressure, but that was unintentional.
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 353d
Slavery? Childcare?
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 353d
Most organizations just call it Human Resources, or HR for short.
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 353d
Online dating
7355608@piefed.social · 2 pts · 352d
Medium Mammal curating.
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 352d
being a dick
WoodScientist@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 353d
Capitalism.