re: #65 b_sharp

Not all that long ago, before Darwin’s time actually, it was commonly held that the white race was superior to most others, and when Darwin finally published, there was a bit of a jump by some to look at his work as proof they were right. That mind set is still around, ironically held the tightest by those in disagreement with Darwin, and is taking a very long time to wither away. Conservatism may be a rational ideal when aspects of our society are moving faster than we can intellectually and emotionally keep up, but trying to hold on to ideas most of society has long left behind, strikes me as not terribly healthy.

It was very amusing to see the way the racists glommed onto the latest evolutionary hypothesis to support their racism.

When evolution was about ‘improvement’ the racists came up with tons of stuff that show whites were ‘more advanced’.

Then evolution became about adaptation and it was shown that humans came about through neoteny, the retention of juvenile features into adulthood. Presto! Whites had more neotenous features than other races.

It’s funny, but only because I don’t want to cry.