Quoteness

Feb 10, 2009 12:32

"...it is impossible to truly advocate for any discriminated or disadvantaged group while working from, and promoting, the very preconceptions and stereotypes held about them - that a physical difference is a result of undesirable behaviors, a sign of a lesser quality person, a person less deserving of rights and choices, as diseased, a costlier burden to society, or a danger to themselves or society. Working against any form of discrimination must begin with the science to remove the underlying prejudices. History is filled with some of the most medically unethical and injurious actions, justified by bad science and prejudices, made in the name of “health.”"

- Some want parents of fat children to be charged with child neglect - did they make their case?, Junkfood Science.
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