• chunk6235@piefed.social
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    3 days ago

    Nah, this is just basic biological racism. It wouldn’t be phrenology until they were making arguments that the shape or the lumps on his head made him stupid/insane/an insatiable raping machine/some other dumb bullshit.

    Somehow, biological racism isn’t nearly as stupid as phrenology.

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      3 days ago

      No, it is just as stupid, racist, and grounded in as much verifiable science but this is a rectangle/square conversation. Phrenology is a subsect of biological racism.

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        but this is a rectangle/square conversation. Phrenology is a subsect of biological racism.

        True, but the situation described was that PoCs have an internal defect making them “lesser”, not that the shape of a person’s head can determine their abilities or characteristics.

        I have no issue with limping them together generally, but the specific situation is not phrenology.