MuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 14 days agoTrump State Department official has called for mass sterilization of ‘low-IQ trash’www.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square328linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTrump State Department official has called for mass sterilization of ‘low-IQ trash’www.independent.co.ukMuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square328linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-213 days ago Throughout the 20th century, nearly 70,0000[sic: 70,000] people (overwhelmingly working-class women of color) were sterilized in over 30 states. Black women, Latina women, and Native American women were specifically targeted. From the 1930s to the 1970s, nearly one-third of the women in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, were coerced into sterilization when government officials claimed that Puerto Rico’s economy would benefit from a reduced population. Sterilization was so common that it became known as “La Operación (The Operation)” among Puerto Ricans.
minus-squarefrostysauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days ago 70,0000 It’s wild that such a typo could slip through. The number, according to the source cited in that article, is 70,000.
minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoThey probably intended 70,000 based on the comma placement.
It’s wild that such a typo could slip through. The number, according to the source cited in that article, is 70,000.
They probably intended 70,000 based on the comma placement.