Tag: history
Darwin’s Heretic Screens at University of Alabama Birmingham
Students and faculty at UAB have now been exposed to Alfred Russel Wallace as the prescient figure that he is.
Richard Weikart on Darwinism and Hitlerism
Exporting Darwin is a dangerous business.
Packed House and Intense Q&A at Sam Noble Museum for Metamorphosis
When the building security pushes you out, keys in hand, and there are still five people standing at the microphone waiting to ask their questions, you know it’s been a good evening.
Apologizing for Eugenics: A Good Idea
In recent years, a number of states have apologized for their role in promoting the Social Darwinist crusade known as “eugenics” through forced sterilization laws. In “It’s never too late to say you’re sorry,” writer Knute Berger of the internet newspaper Crosscut is calling on Washington state to apologize for its forced sterilization law, noting that Washington was the second state to adopt such a law. He’s right. Washington state—and other states—should apologize for their role in promoting eugenics. This is a sad and disturbing chapter in American history, and citizens need to know about it (although the new Kansas State Board of Education seems to think otherwise).