Tag: evolutionary racism

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 23, 2026

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Tagged
, americans, apes, apotheosis, Carl Becker, Charles Darwin, Charles Merriam, Columbia University, Darwinian evolution, Declaration of Independence, education, endowed by our creator, environment, evolutionary racism, Founders, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, government, gravitation, Great Society, humanity, income, John Burgess, limited government, medical care, natural law, nature, Nature and Nature’s God, New Deal, New Jersey, New York City, Princeton University, progressives, Teutonic race, U.S. Constitution, United States, University of Chicago, Woodrow Wilson}

The Denial of Limited Government in the Name of Science

_{John G. West
March 23, 2026

Evolution, History of Science

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Charles Darwin was honored for showing that the truths preached by the political philosophers had been substantiated by biological science. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
August 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, body parts, brains, Czech Republic, Darwinian theory, documentary, evolution, evolutionary racism, Human Zoos, indigenous peoples, National Museum of Natural History, Racism, skeletons, Smithsonian Institution, Social Darwinism, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington Post}

Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection Exposed by Washington Post

_{John G. West
August 17, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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These human specimens were collected in large part to dramatize how non-white peoples were supposedly lower on the evolutionary ladder than whites. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 19, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, buffalo, Charles Darwin, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, eugenics, evolution, evolutionary racism, Francis Galton, Hank Hanegraaff, history, John West, media, new york, podcast, Politics, Richard Weikart, The Descent of Man, white supremacy}

Darwin, Galton, and “Replacement Theory”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 19, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Science Reporting

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Darwinism and eugenics, going back to the 19th century, were haunted by ideas of “replacement.” Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 16, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africans, baboons, Caucasians, Civil War, Democratic Party, evolutionary racism, historical figures, missing links, monkeys, Racism, scientific racism, South Carolina, statues, U.S. Senate, United States}

Honored by Statue, Democratic South Carolina Senator Said Some Blacks “Near Akin to Monkey”

_{John G. West
July 16, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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Benjamin Tillman was a monster. He publicly defended lynchings. He drew on evolutionary racism to preach black inferiority. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
February 11, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adam Sedgwick, Alfred Russel Wallace, animals, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwin Day, evolutionary racism, Frederick Douglass, freedom, humans, 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

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One wonders what kind of address Douglass would give on Darwin Day — falling tomorrow, February 12 — amidst Black History Month. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 10, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africans, baboons, Caucasians, Civil War, Democratic Party, evolutionary racism, historical figures, missing links, monkeys, Racism, scientific racism, South Carolina, statues, U.S. Senate, United States}

Honored by Statue, Democratic South Carolina Senator Said Some Blacks “Near Akin to Monkey”

_{John G. West
July 10, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

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Benjamin Tillman was a monster. He publicly defended lynchings. He drew on evolutionary racism to preach black inferiority. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 14, 2016

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __tedited, abortion, alt-right, bigotry, biodiversity, conservatives, diversity, eugenics, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary racism, National Review, pseudoscientific racism, Race Realism, Richard Spencer, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, Steve Sailer, The Federalist, The Unz Review}

Evolution and the Alt-Right

_{David Klinghoffer
April 14, 2016

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting, Social Sciences

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In conservative venues, a splinter called the "alternative right" or "alt-right" is the subject of bitter and voluminous indignation. Read More ›