Tag: Civil War
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.
Scientific Racism and the Confederate Flag
Alexander H. Stephens was Vice President of the Confederacy. In 1861 he delivered an oration justifying slavery and rebellion on scientific grounds.
Honored by Statue, Democratic South Carolina Senator Said Some Blacks “Near Akin to Monkey”
Benjamin Tillman was a monster. He publicly defended lynchings. He drew on evolutionary racism to preach black inferiority.
Congratulations to Science Magazine for an Honest Portrayal of Darwin’s Descent of Man
On the book’s 150th anniversary, a prestigious journal is catching up with Darwin critics.
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.”