• @Sibshops@lemm.ee
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    171 day ago

    What’s the historical context? Like is Nazi Germany copying the restrictions put on after WW1?

    • @Armand1@lemmy.world
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      411 day ago

      The Nazis praised the US’s “scientific” approach to racism and eugenics.

      Measuring people’s heads; IQ tests served in a person’s non-native language and relied on specific knowledge of American culture; Plain old racist rhetoric like calling people “dangerous”, “criminals” with no evidence. (Sound familiar?)

      Anything to prove that black and foreign people were inferior and should be exploited, in a classic “we know the answer and we must cherry pick the data to reach that conclusion”.

      A lot of these tools were taken up by the Nazis for their persecution of Jews, and now they’re coming right back around.

      This is an educated meme.