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I was curious to read definition of ableism so clicked link - got more on racism “Mainstream scientists, geneticists and medical researchers still invoke race

I was curious to read definition of ableism so clicked link - got more on racism “Mainstream scientists, geneticists and medical researchers still invoke race and use these categories in their work, even though we have been told for 70 years that they have no biological meaning, that they have only social meaning,” Saini says.

AstralStorm 5y ago
These are a bit bad. What should be used is say HLA group or whatever genomic and epigenetic or phenotypic variant that is relevant. Oh wait, according to this Black American is a description of a phenotype. (Not the most detailed one, but useful.) "Black" alone is worthless unless we're talking about skin tone. Hmm...