i remember learning about phrenology in school as an 'outdated science' like the problem with it was that it didnt work and not how fucking racist it is
@vriskommunism and that's exactly what is in this unit. It literally just has the kids compare the "whole brainers" vs "the localizers/phrenologists" and mentions in passing that phrenologists thought you could tell what someone was good at from the shape and bumps on their skull
@rachel that sounds exactly the same as when i was in school fucking hell
like even if the intent was to teach that we dont always understand things when we think we do (horrible example to use for it) it just sorta sails past anything about the consequences of a racist and ableist system. which is the only thing that would actually be important to teach!
