This is certainly a non-sequitur , I would say if anything white nationalism has decreased, not increased, so much is arbitrary and anecdote
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Replying to @_Kabaiel_ @HPluckrose
The same thing was said about racism and Evolution given Darwin's perspective on Africans and most prevailing at the time.
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Replying to @_Kabaiel_ @HPluckrose
Except Darwin's perspective was blatantly racist during that time period, and certainly viewed Africans as lesser.
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Replying to @_Kabaiel_
Everyone's was. The idea of racial equality hadn't arrived yet.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @_Kabaiel_
If either of you could provide a reference for his supposed racism I'd appreciate it, seems counter to this https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/01/racism-science-human-genomes-darwin …
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Replying to @scarface_83 @_Kabaiel_
He was progressive by the standards of his time. Racist by ours. This is balanced.http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/did-charles-darwin-believe-in-racial-inequality-1519874.html …
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Replying to @HPluckrose @scarface_83
Quotes, while I agree with Helen, he did believed it science and natural selection, not racism. The best thing to do is to read first-hand.pic.twitter.com/J4AKU2is3Y
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Replying to @_Kabaiel_ @scarface_83
Yes. We need to read people in their context & not try to judge them from ours. Anyone saying this now would be appallingly racist.
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But at this time, Darwin was working on human variation and certain assumptions existed. His theory would be instrumental in disproving them
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Replying to @HPluckrose @scarface_83
Well genetics would be, not Darwin or Natural Selection(which wasnt his), but I agree.
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Yes, later work on it would show we are essentially the same.
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