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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
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I meant that racism existed before Darwin's writings. Charles Darwin could not have been the father of racism because it existed before he did.
However, the quote says GB claims ‘Darwin is the father of
modern-day racism.’ My bad, the phrase “modern-day” makes a huge difference in the quote.
Having Googled "darwin racism" (No, I did
not bing it) I found several discussions, each of which proving, beyond any reasonable doubt, that Charles Darwin absolutely simultaneously was and was not racist. Not surprisingly, most of the sites that "prove" his racist are creationist leaning (to say the least).
I personally thought
this article helped clear the air.
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There is another incongruity in these claims: to suggest that Darwin's scientific ideas are the foundation of racism, immorality, Fascism and Communism, and neglect of the poor is to blithely ignore the fact that most of the social ills Darwin's ideas are supposedly responsible for have been around long before Darwin was born.
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