Charles Darwin introduced the theory of evolution to
perpetuate the superiority or inferiority of various ethnic groups. The
original title of his 1959 book was "On the Origin of Species by Means of
Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for
Life."
Modernism as a religious movement in the South, which
emerged around 1870, included acceptance of the theory of evolution.
Jim Crow Laws, which were established between the end
of Reconstruction in 1877 and the mid-20th century, were rooted in Social
Darwinism and were results of the growing popularity and acceptance of theistic
evolution and atheistic evolution in the late 19th century and the 20th
century. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the main reasons or
arguments used to justify and support Jim Crow Laws were the belief that blacks
are less evolved than whites and thus inferior, and the stereotype that all black
people are sexually irresponsible or hypersexual.
Obvious counters to this are the Bible teachings on
creationism and the danger of negative stereotyping, which were neglected or
ignored during the Civil Rights Movement, which focused on symptoms while
neglecting to deal with root causes and taught reliance on the centralization
and expansion of US government power as a solution to problems that were
largely results of US government intrusion. You cannot change hearts through
legislation or court orders, and this fostered resentment and racial
polarization and was often highly impractical. For example, forced integration
cost billions of dollars that the States and the US government did not have
(extra buses, extra fuel, extra drivers, etc.) and fostered a we-vs-they
mentality among both blacks and whites. In the meantime, the theory of
evolution, which was the root of the problem, was still being taught in schools
and colleges as fact and endorsed by clergy and churches claiming to stand for
civil rights.
Incidentally, the efforts of social engineers to
change hearts through legislation and court orders tend to be self-defeating,
and a closer look will also reveal that leftist policies and programs often
hindered, directly or indirectly, the promised “progress.” For example, in the
early 1950s, before coerced racial integration and egalitarianism, various
businesses (e.g., coffeehouses, etc.) in Birmingham, Alabama, and Atlanta,
Georgia, and other southern cities took down “White Only” signs because of
realization that being open to everyone could mean more money and would not
hurt anything. This and other factors make me question the actual motives of
the Left on this issue. (I am hoping to encourage you to do further research.)
Tornado in a Junkyard: The Relentless Myth of Darwinism, by James Perloff, examines the scientific evidence refuting the theory of evolution.
Tornado in a junkyard : the relentless myth of Darwinism
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