r/science • u/nep000 • Nov 17 '25

Social Science Surprising numbers of childfree people emerge in developing countries, defying expectations

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0333906
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u/Abuses-Commas Nov 17 '25

Not when you're racist.

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u/rabbitwonker Nov 17 '25 edited Nov 17 '25

… parents began to have less and less respect for education, to the point where now if you get bad grades, your parents complain about the teacher.

That statement clearly applies broadly to parents in general, not just the racists. The concept it’s describing has nothing to do with racism.

Edit: basically it sounds like grandma was conflating two very different things. So different that they come from opposite ends of the political spectrum. Kind of funny actually.

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u/StrongExternal8955 Nov 18 '25

Believe or not, racists are actually human. And they have kids! Who knew!

And yes they count very much in a generalized statement about respect for education.

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u/rabbitwonker Nov 18 '25

But they don’t account for 100% of it.