Poor Parents

 It’s not a coincidence that the word “poor” means both “lacking in money” and “lacking in skill/talent/ability.” In the dominant classist, eugenicist worldview, they’re the same thing. 

 

I notice this comes up often with “poor students”. I’ve read entire articles that shifted multiple times within the article from using “poor students” to mean “students without money” and “students not doing well academically.” This is not sloppy writing. This is intentional. 

 

I’m seeing “poor parents” used ambiguously this way more now, and I expect to see it even more as the eugenicist movement continues to unmask and openly state its position that people without money are bad at being parents.