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Showing posts with label racism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label racism. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 06, 2015
Finish this sentence
If someone uses the n-word a lot and makes a lot of crude jokes at the expense of African-Americans they have got to be a......
Friday, June 18, 2010
Does evolutionary biology give us a case against racism?
I don't know that Darwin's theory really provides a case against racism. Darwin himself wrote:
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world. At the same time the anthropomorphous apes … will no doubt be exterminated. The break between man and his nearest allies will then be wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilized state, as we may hope, even than the Caucasian, and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of as now between the negro or Australian and the gorilla. [2]
But, on the other hand, most people in Darwin's time thought blacks were inferior, including Lincoln. And the guy who wrote "All men are created equal, and were endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights," owned slaves.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Bob Jones University repents is racist past
Apparently things change, even at Bob Jones University. Now if they can just get Obama to speak there. Well, maybe we can hope for Clarence Thomas?
Debunking Christianity: It Truly Does an Old Atheist’s Heart Good to See Bible Christians Having to Eat Crow!
Debunking Christianity: It Truly Does an Old Atheist’s Heart Good to See Bible Christians Having to Eat Crow!
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