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In 19th-century Europe the concept of race was a preoccupation
for the growing human sciences... These first physical anthropol-
ogists helped to develop the concept of Aryan supremacy, which
later fueled the institutional racism of Germany in the 1930s, and
of South Africa today. 44

In an article about the racist views of evolutionist anthro-
pologists, the late evolutionist Stephen Jay Gould says the fol-
lowing:
We cannot understand much of the history of late 19th and early
20th century anthropology… unless we appreciate its obsession
with the identification and ranking of races. 45
Once the theory of evolution acquired an alleged scientific
validity, scientists were able to speak without hesitation of such
illusory concepts as “inferior” races and some races being more
closely related to apes than to human beings. Despotic dictators
such as Hitler recognized such claims as a golden opportunity
and killed millions of people because they were “inferior,” “in-

adequate,” “flawed” or “sick.” One of the main reasons why al-
most all 19th century evolutionists were racists is that their
intellectual forerunner, Darwin, himself held such views.

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The great majority of present-day evolutionists say that un-
like their 19th century counterparts, they are opposed to racism,
and seek to free Darwin of racist imputations. Most writings
about Darwin make great efforts to give the impression that he
was compassionate, well intentioned, and opposed to slavery.
The fact is, however, that Darwin believed that the theory of nat-
ural selection constituted a scientific justification for racial dis-
crimination and conflict between races. Darwin's books, some of
his letters, and his private notes contain openly racist expres-
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