• Kellamity@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    ‘Mongoloid’ is a slur - it was once used to refer to people with Down Syndrome, due to a C19th doctor comparing physical features of Down Syndrome parients with those of Mongolian people.

    This doctor wrote that Down Syndrome was a reversion to an ‘inferior race’.

    It is both racist and ablist :/

    • DaughterOfMars@lemmy.worldM
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      1 year ago

      I hear you, but to be completely honest almost all of our “insult” words and phrases are derived from pretty abhorrent places. There’s really no point in substituting one for the other when you’re trying to tell someone you think they are stupid.