Re: Racism of evolution

Steve Clark (ssclark@facstaff.wisc.edu)
Thu, 22 May 1997 11:10:58 -0500

At 10:51 AM 5/22/97 -0500, Dan Muller wrote:

> The conclusion that must be drawn here is that Darwin's
> evolution is a direct cause and effect of the Holocaust.
> Those who would deny this are simply choosing not to believe
> that racism and evolution are closely interwoven belief
> systems.

This begs the question of how do you account for racism and anti-Semitism
prior to Darwin? Since the history of human-kind is rife with this kind of
sentiment, it makes more sense to see evolution as a way to rationalize
these attitudes rather than the cause of the attitude.

Steve
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