• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    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”??

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      1 year ago

      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.