ZeroCool@feddit.ch to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoRacism, misogyny prompt American Ornithological Society renaming of birdswww.upi.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down115
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minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 months agoYou could have also picked the dude that desecrated indigenous graves to do phrenology. Edit: Jesus Christ you left out that this dude was a literal colonizer in New Zealand. He was an officer in a militia during the New Zealand Wars. He was also a committee member of The New Zealand Company, which existed to systemically colonize New Zealand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Swainson#New_Zealand_estate So maybe it is slightly misleading to say he was labeled racist for being “antagonistic”??
minus-squareinfinitepcg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoAdmittedly, I only checked this one article. I think it’s hard to judge how evil he really was. Either way, not a hill I’m going to die on.
You could have also picked the dude that desecrated indigenous graves to do phrenology.
Edit: Jesus Christ you left out that this dude was a literal colonizer in New Zealand. He was an officer in a militia during the New Zealand Wars.
He was also a committee member of The New Zealand Company, which existed to systemically colonize New Zealand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Swainson#New_Zealand_estate
So maybe it is slightly misleading to say he was labeled racist for being “antagonistic”??
Admittedly, I only checked this one article. I think it’s hard to judge how evil he really was. Either way, not a hill I’m going to die on.