The Dark Side of Darwin
As much as I despise the cancel culture, if there is any cultural icon who deserves to be cancelled for racist attitudes, it is Charles Darwin. Or were you not aware of how his ideas helped fuel the fires of eugenics? A poll was conducted recently asking, “Who said this? The ‘western nations of Europe … now so immeasurably surpass their former savage progenitors and stand at the summit of civilization.’” Of the four choices offered, 4.2 per cent voted for David Duke, 10.5 per cent for Robert E. Lee, 29.6 per cent for Adolph Hitler, and 55.7 per cent for Charles Darwin. The majority got it right! But is this knowledge widely disseminated? Do the countless millions of fawning Darwinists know about Darwin’s racial theories? And if they do, do they simply a turn a blind eye to them? The same day I did the poll, I sent the link of a disturbing article about Darwin to a friend of mine who is Black and a historian. The article, written by Austin Anderson and posted on th