[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

ahem:

"No rational man, cognizant of the facts, believes that the average Negro is the equal, still less the superior, of the white man. And if this be true, it is simply incredible that, when all his disabilities are removed, and our prognathus relative has a fair field and no favour, as well as no oppressor, he will be able to compete successfully with his bigger-brained and smaller jawed rival, in a contest which is to be carried out on by thoughts and not by bites ."

Charles Darwin The Descent of Man page 20

and could we forget page 179

"The standard of intelligence of the average Negro is similar to that of the eleven-year-old youth of the species Homo sapiens"

(so black folks are a different species are they darwin?)

So I suppose that is that then?

are you familiar with social darwinism? people have not necessarily taken his theories in the direction you are hoping for, not even Darwin himself, that is the invention of open-minded folks like us from the future.. Darwin was not strong enough to overcome the bigotry of his time, which is a shame, because plenty of white folks were NOT racist at that time, but he continued to believe in bunk pseudo-science..

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