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Darwinian Racism (with Richard Weikart)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

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Are the Early Advocates of Eugenics Influenced by Darwin?

Many of the early advocates of eugenics were influenced by darwin in his theories. In europe, margaret sanger for instance, to the founder of plan parenthood, they were in favor of things like involuntary sterilization. Charles davenport, who was one of the key figures leading the american eugenics movement, very clearly drew on darwinian ideology. He is pretty many of his contemporaries held very similar kinds of beliefs about race as a whole.

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