Scopes Revisited: An Interview with Historian Jefrey Breshears

American Birth Control League, American Crisis, Apologetics, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Clarence Darrow, Culture, Dayton, Discovery Institute, Eugene Debs, Eugenics Education Society, Evolution, Francis Galton, fundamentalist Christianity, H. L. Mencken, history of science, Hollywood, Human Origins and Anthropology, Industrial Workers of the World, Inherit the Wind, Jefrey Breshears, John Scopes, John West, Only Yesterday, Origin of Species, religion, Roaring Twenties, scientific racism, scientism, Scopes trial, Tennessee, The Areopagus, The Descent of Man, The Magician’s Twin, trial lawyers, William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, Young Earth Creationists
Promoted as a battle royale between science and religion — evolutionary theory versus biblical creation — in its actual content the trial was underwhelming. Source
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Cambridge UP Book Airbrushes Darwin’s Contribution to Scientific Racism

Adolf Hitler, Cal State Stanislaus, Cambridge University Press, Charles Darwin, Culture & Ethics, eugenics, Evolution, From Darwin to Hitler, Hitler’s Ethic, Hitler’s Religion, Jeffrey O’Connell, master race, Michael Ruse, Richard Weikart, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, struggle for life, The Death of Humanity
Darwin’s racist and pro-eugenics thinking, combined with some implications of his theory that he expressed, laid the groundwork for Hitler’s diabolical outlook. Source
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The Cruel Legacy of Social Darwinism in Nigeria

Africa, Africans, biology, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, colonialism, Culture & Ethics, Darwin Comes to Africa, ethnicity, Europe, Europeans, Evolution, French Guinea, genetics, historiography, Joseph Stalin, Mandinka, morality, nationality, natural selection, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, pseudo-science, Race, Racism, random mutation, religion, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, tiger, tiger moth
Social Darwinism rests like a tiger moth on Darwinism, its mother theory; when challenged with facts, it just flits to a slightly different position. Source
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Two Nigerian Authors and Darwin’s African Legacy

African Christians, Chinua Achebe, colonialism, Culture, Culture & Ethics, Darwin Comes to Africa, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Ebed-melech, Emily Whitten, Evolution, Great Britain, history, imperialism, Jeremiah, John West, missionaries, Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, paganism, Podcast, scientific racism, scripture, Things Fall Apart, World Magazine
Missing from Chinua Achebe’s account is the role played by scientific racism in driving British imperialist policy in the country. Source
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Following the Science, Doctors Joined the Nazis “In Droves”

African Americans, Africans, Alfred Hoche, Allison Hopper, Ashley K. Fernandes, biocracy, bioethicists, Bruce Chapman, Charles B. Davenport, Charles Darwin, COVID-19, Darwinists, doctors, eugenics, Evolution, evolutionary theory, Francis Galton, Germans, history, Karl Binding, Karl Pearson, Medicine, Nazis, nurses, Ohio State University, physicians, Racism, Scientific American, scientific racism, social pandemic, sterilization, Tablet, white coat, white supremacy
There is a tendency to sanctify the medical profession, with the white coat serving as an icon of wisdom, compassion, and morality. Source
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African Genocide: The Horror of Scientific Racism

"survival of the fittest", Africa, age restriction, algorithms, censorship, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Culture & Ethics, Darwinism, documentary, Evolution, genocide, German ideology, German Southwest Africa, Herero people, imperialism, Namibia, Politicians, pop culture, preachers, Racism, religious racism, scientific racism, Second Reich, Social Darwinism, The Biology of the Second Reich, World War I, YouTube videos
My documentary only tells one part of the story of racism, and only a part of the story of Social Darwinism's influence on Western imperialism. Source
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Honored by Statue, Democratic South Carolina Senator Said Some Blacks “Near Akin to Monkey”

Africans, baboons, ballot boxes, Benjamin Tillman, black inferiority, Caucasians, Civil War, Culture & Ethics, Democratic Party, Ellenton riot, Evolution, evolutionary racism, historical figures, lynching, missing link, monkeys, political rights, Racism, scientific racism, South Carolina, statues, stealing elections, U.S. Senate, United States
Benjamin Tillman was a monster. He publicly defended lynchings. He drew on evolutionary racism to preach black inferiority. Source
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