Darwin-statue-from-a-distance-1 Type post Date February 13, 2021 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , African Americans, Alfred Russel Wallace, Black History Month, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Darwinists, eugenics, Europeans, Francis Galton, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jay Richards, Martin Luther King Jr., materialism, scientific racism, sterilization, theology, Victorian England Charles Darwin in Light of Black History Month Science and Culture February 13, 2021 Bioethics, Evolution 2 Was Darwin’s racism purely a function of his time and place, Victorian England? Historian Michael Flannery says no. Read More ›
Frederick Douglass Type post Author Michael Flannery Date February 11, 2021 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , Adam Sedgwick, Alfred Russel Wallace, animals, Black History Month, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwin Day, evolutionary racism, Frederick Douglass, freedom, humans, Jim Crow, Ku Klux Klan, On the Origin of Species, Racism, Robert Chambers, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation Frederick Douglass, Champion Abolitionist and Former Slave, on Evolutionary Racism Michael Flannery February 11, 2021 Bioethics, Evolution 4 One wonders what kind of address Douglass would give on Darwin Day — falling tomorrow, February 12 — amidst Black History Month. Read More ›
Ota Benga Type post Author Michael Flannery Date February 10, 2021 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , Adam Gopnik, Anglo-Saxons, Applied Eugenics, Artificial Selection, Black History Month, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Darwin Day, Darwin Deleted, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, eugenics, Europeans, extermination, humankind, On the Origin of Species, Paul Broca, Peter Bowler, racial equality, racial superiority, Racism, The Descent of Man, William Graham Darwin and Race: Three Strikes, He’s Out Michael Flannery February 10, 2021 Bioethics, Evolution 7 February is Black History Month, and this week, Friday, February 12, is Darwin Day — the birthday of Charles Darwin. Read More ›