12May 2023 by Post

Joseph L. Graves as the “Black Darwin”? Think Again

A Christmas Carol, A Voice in the Wilderness, academia, African Americans, anti-racism, Atheism, BioLogos, cave rats, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Charles Lyell, Crustacea, Culture & Ethics, Evolution, evolutionary biology, Francis Collins, history, Human Zoos, J. D. Dana, Jackie Robinson, John West, Joseph L. Graves Jr., Kool-Aid, Louis Agassiz, racial stereotypes, Racism, The Voyage of the Beagle, theistic evolution, Victorian England, Yale University
Darwin could never be considered the kind of anti-racist activist Graves makes him out to be. Source
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12Jul 2021 by Post

The Casual Racism of Charles Darwin

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Abraham Lincoln, Adrian Desmond, Africa, Allison Hopper, anti-racism, Charles Darwin, Culture & Ethics, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Descent of Man, Edinburgh, Emma Darwin, Erasmus Darwin, Evolution, Great Emancipator, Harriet Martineau, Human Origins, James Moore, N-word, Racism, slavery, slaves, Victorian England
It is certainly startling to see the N-word cropping up in Darwin’s letters, but this is not the only place. Source
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