It is right and necessary to point out the racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, transphobia, and other bigotries and oppressions, past and present, that exist and have existed in science and medicine.
Also remember that many of these oppressions take/took the form of treating the affected populations the way that disabled people are treated.
Don't take away from discussions of racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, and transphobia in science and medicine, but also remember the thread of ableism and pathologization that weaves through them.
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