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[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I was confused about this etymology since I was a kid. I was taught there was one race - the human race - referring to the species. Oh well. Language gets misunderstood, learning it gets half-baked, it's misused and finally transformed over time. Whether it's wrong or stupid is neither here nor there, I suppose.