I don't care I don't care how many ways you wanna justify it

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The video uses a provocative, high-emotion hook to draw viewers into a deeply researched and controversial historical analysis, creating a compelling narrative that challenges common perceptions of disability and systemic racism.

Summary

The creator discusses the historical practice of forced sterilization of Black women in the U.S., known as a 'Mississippi appendectomy,' and links it to the legal precedent of Buck v. Bell. She argues that the U.S. government has historically used the concept of disability to justify the sterilization of Black women, effectively targeting Blackness as a 'hereditary disability.'

Structure

1Creator expresses outrage over people having children despite known hereditary disabilities.
2Creator introduces the historical concept of a 'Mississippi appendectomy'.
3Creator explains the history of forced sterilization of Black women and the legal case Buck v. Bell.
4Creator connects the historical practice of sterilization to modern racial disparities in disability statistics.
5Creator concludes that racism in America has historically used disability as a tool to marginalize Black people.

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ON THIS DAY Jul 27, 2025 I DON'T CARE I don't care I don't care how many ways you wanna justify it YOU WANNA JUSTIFY IT IF YOU HAVE A DISORDER OR IF YOU HAVE A DISABILITY AND IT IS HEREDITARY 0.05% CHANCE I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT CHILD IS GOING TO HAVE THIS DISORDER NO DOUBT AND YOU STILL GLEE FULLY GO AHEAD AND GO AHEAD AND HAVE A CHILD YOU HAVE NO MORAL COMPASS AND I REALLY DO HOPE IT'S EXTRA HOT IN HELL

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I don't care I don't care how many ways you wanna justify it. If you have a disorder or you have a disability and it is hereditary, I'm not talking 0.05% chance. I'm talking about that child is going to have this disorder, no doubt, and you still gleefully go ahead and have a child. You have no moral compass and I really do hope it's extra hot in hell. Have you ever heard of something called a Mississippi appendectomy? I'll tell you what it is in Mississippi. A Mississippi appendectomy is when historically Black women and women of color went in to get medical care that was unrelated to their reproductive health and then wound up sterilized as a result of that medical care. It's widely discussed in relation to Fannie Lou Hamer, and there are multiples of us who have family members who went through the exact same thing. But particularly in the United States, none of those women could sue. None of those people could sue because it is completely legal to sterilize disabled people with or without their consent. Completely legal because of the court case Buck v. Bell. But they're not actually disabled, they wanted to unreally, you know. Yeah. You see, you may get exactly what you wish for. Have you ever looked up the rated disability by race? Let me tell you, it's 30% for Indigenous people and 25% for Black people, with rates of disability in Black women specifically hovering around 35% because the disability that was hereditary 100% of the time that the U.S. government didn't want passed down was Blackness. So you'll make it exactly what you wanted. Oh, and no, this is not me complaining Blackness with a disability, but the project of racism in America has always been attaching otherness to a disability.