Mongoloid

/ˈmɒŋɡəlɔɪd/ adjective/noun

Definition

An outdated and offensive anthropological term once used to classify people from East Asia, Central Asia, and indigenous populations; now considered scientifically invalid and inappropriate.

Etymology

From 'Mongol' (ethnic/geographic term) + '-oid' (resembling). Coined in the 1700s by European scientists attempting racial classification, but modern genetics has completely disproven these categorizations.

Kelly Says

This word is a textbook example of how 'scientific racism' used fancy terminology to justify prejudice—scientists in the 1700s-1900s invented racial categories that seemed legitimate but were actually just Europeans trying to organize the world hierarchically with themselves at the top, and modern DNA science proved race itself isn't a valid biological category.

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