• VelvetStorm@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    While i do agree with you, that is the correct word for it. Much like how if an Archeologists found the remains Caucasian people they would be called Caucasoid and Asian is called mongoloid.

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      1 year ago

      A quick Google search tells me that the term is outdated and no longer used, having been refuted by modern genetics research.

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        1 year ago

        It’s a sensitive topic but white and black people are genetically much more seperated than black and white rhinos which we are happy to describe as separate species.

        The term isn’t outdated because it’s incorrect, it’s outdated because if you start saying different groups of humans are literally separate species it really feeds in to the racist agenda.

        Edit: Given the replies, it appears that I may well be wrong, I remember reading it somewhere but I can’t find the source nkw. I’ll downvote myself but leave the comment up because it enables others to learn from my mistake

    • DefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nl
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      1 year ago

      Asian is called mongoloid.

      One archeologist to another: looks like this person was … happier than you and me.

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