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Ref: https://twitter.com/MeltingSwans/status/1348715654950621184?s=20

just learnt that the terms 'high brow' and 'low brow' come from eugenics, and the idea that rich white Europeans had higher brow ridges Exploding head it shocks me (but also not that much) how much of our language is rooted in racism

They also clarified in a follow up tweet that they were referring to this podcast episode as the place they learned it from.

Thank you, @bnb ! 💙