Tag: African Americans
Charles Darwin in Light of Black History Month
Was Darwin’s racism purely a function of his time and place, Victorian England? Historian Michael Flannery says no.
Distancing Darwin from Racism Is a Fool’s Errand
“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.”
Richard Owen and Charles Darwin on Race: A Study in Contrasts
Darwin was unquestionably a racist, arguing that civilization would advance even at the cost of inevitable racial extermination.
Students Sue School District for $12 Million Over “Monkey See” Photos
“There can’t be any question about what they meant. Remember, this is a zoology class. Evolution is taught.”
On Chicago’s Ted Williams TV Talk Show, Human Zoos Sparks Discussion of Scientific Racism
One takeaway is that, despite assurances to the contrary, modern evolutionary theory is not easily separated from malign currents in American history, currently exemplified by the Alt-right.