Read on Twitter
IQ is a racist and ableist idea. The concept of IQ is connected to a history of deprivation, sterilization, incarceration, and death.
I see a lot of people linking mask-wearing to IQ. /1
I see a lot of people linking mask-wearing to IQ. /1
2) IQ as an important quality is built in to a lot, and so I see a lot of otherwise well-meaning folks who are usually super alert about language using it specifically. As well as memes and celebrity tweets (Ice T has one right now).
Don& #39;t.
Don& #39;t.
3) IQ isn& #39;t real except as a way to measure how people do on IQ tests (which rewards white, upper class, non-disabled, men with higher scores). IQ isn& #39;t a real measure of intelligence.
4) In fact, all our notions of what intelligence is and isn& #39;t comes from ableist ideas about "normal." There are no insults you can use about intelligence that do not have an ableist past and usually contemporary meaning.
5) That includes: the r-word of course, but also moron, idiot, fool, stupid, dumb, and more. [TW ableism]. I understand people really want to categorize the other as less intelligent and I am not telling you to stop (I call out the r-word and & #39;moron& #39; and let the others go).
6) But actually I wish you would stop it.
