Tag: scientific racism
Cancel Darwin? No, But Do Recognize How Evolution Boosted Racism
Cancel culture is becoming surreal. Or should I say even more surreal? “Exotic birds” are now judged to be offensive. What next?
New Book: Social Darwinism Among the Biologists
The authors imply that social Darwinism was a position taken by non-scientists who just didn’t understand the science.
Webinar with John West: “Darwin’s Three Big Ideas That Impacted Humanity”
Darwinian theory is a more than just an idea about origins. The reasons it arouses the passion it does go beyond science.
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.
Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism
I have no idea what King would have thought of the modern theory of intelligent design, but many of the ideas he expressed are certainly friendly to ID.