“Eugenicons”? Call Them What They Are — Social Darwinists

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It’s sad when once-useful words turn stale and disintegrate — like losing an old friend. Source
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Joseph L. Graves as the “Black Darwin”? Think Again

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Darwin could never be considered the kind of anti-racist activist Graves makes him out to be. Source
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Slaying Leviathan Conference: John West on C. S. Lewis, Scientocracy, and More

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On Saturday in Tacoma, he will also discuss what we can learn about the relationship between faith and politics from American history in the 1800s. Source
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Italian Center on Intelligent Design Holds Launch Event

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The city of Turin was an especially fitting place for the public launch of a group focusing on intelligent design. Source
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Sunday with the Devil’s Acolyte — Thomas Henry Huxley

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Although the designation of Huxley as Darwin’s “bulldog” is well known, acolyte is a more appropriate term and here’s why. Source
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Documentary Human Zoos Is Screened at Detroit’s African-American History Museum

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The film tells how thousands of indigenous peoples were put on public display in America in what scholars today call “human zoos.” Source
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Scientific Racism and the Confederate Flag

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Alexander H. Stephens was Vice President of the Confederacy. In 1861 he delivered an oration justifying slavery and rebellion on scientific grounds. Source
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On Evolution and Racism, Scientific American Goes to War Against the Truth

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Given evolution’s racist baggage, you might think the theory’s proponents would be somewhat abashed to accuse the critics of Darwin of “white supremacy.” Source
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A Darwinist Recognizes (Some of) the Stakes in the Intelligent Design Debate

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I would be curious to hear how Darwinists like Dr. Freestone reconcile their evolutionism not just with religion but with their commitment to human equality. Source
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Journalist Finds a “Cover-Up” by the Bronx Zoo

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It wasn’t until they were forced by events that the Zoo and the Wildlife Conservation Society admitted this black life mattered. Source
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