Tag: scientific racism
Does Disbelief in Human Evolution Foment Racism?
This study does not provide an adequate explanation as to why belief in evolution would cause one to be less racist. Indeed, the logic seems backwards.
Darwinism in Nazi Propaganda
The authors considered human evolution especially important, because they believed it supported their vision of racial inequality.
Listen: Q&A with Weikart on Darwinian Racism
What about the objection that Darwinism, properly understood, doesn’t support scientific racism (much less Nazi racism)?
Let’s Learn from Whoopi Goldberg’s Misunderstanding about the History of Racism
Leading scientists were complicit in helping formulate and justify Hitler’s worldview.
Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism
Dr. King was critical of the misuse of science to promote racial discrimination, and he spoke against the idea that humans are the products of a blind process.