Fat Tony@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 5 days agoThis may not be verbatim but what the fuck is going on?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1633
arrow-up1633imageThis may not be verbatim but what the fuck is going on?lemmy.worldFat Tony@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 days agoEugenics was very popular before WWII, that’s definitely not limited to a single country.
minus-squareDoomsider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoThe US waged a campaign of sterilization in Puerto Rico to slow down it’s population growth and to prevent it from becoming a state. The US also regularly sterilized Latinas up until the 1970’s
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 days agoYeah, and we’re in good company. (To be clear, this is reprehensible. But it’s not helpful to focus solely on the US on this topic.)
Eugenics was very popular before WWII, that’s definitely not limited to a single country.
The US waged a campaign of sterilization in Puerto Rico to slow down it’s population growth and to prevent it from becoming a state. The US also regularly sterilized Latinas up until the 1970’s
Yeah, and we’re in good company.
(To be clear, this is reprehensible. But it’s not helpful to focus solely on the US on this topic.)