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"Oh, but Robert E. Lee was such a Southern Gentleman!" (lemmy.world)

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[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 31 points 7 months ago (2 children)

One of the things I appreciate about Behind the Bastards is the acknowledgment that historically people were more racist and misogynist, and to then clarify that the subject of an episode was notably racist or misogynistic for the time. Like Dewey of the Dewey Decimal System, who had a colleague write about how horribly sexist he was.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Same for LGBT rights. There's been a seismic shift since I was a kid in the 80s. Here in America we're rolling backwards a bit, but that's the nature of societal progress, two steps forward, one back.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago

Maybe more than one, dear.

[–] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Without warning, heart attack

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 7 points 7 months ago

Librarian here. One of the reasons librarianship was dominated by women was bc Dewey convinced people they could pay them less. Also, he likes to use his power to form sexual relationships. The subject headings that his decimal system uses are still problematic to this day.