How Racism Has Been Shaped by Evolutionary Ideas. Racism has been perpetuated falsely by evolutionary ideas throughout history. Since the beginning of intelligent life mankind has discriminated against others of it's own species. The "in group" mentality may be a genetic psychological trait. However, evolutionary theory has been used to justify unfair treatment of certain groups. Literature and other forms of influence have used evolutionary ideas to perpetuate racism. The ideas of Charles Darwin and …
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…simply nonsense. It's a fact that blacks have darker skin than whites. Bibliography Bibliography Shipman, Pat. The Evolution of Racism: Human Differences and the Use and Abuse of Science. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Jordon, Winthrop D. White over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Spencer, Herbert. The Data Of Ethics. New York: P.F. Collier and Son. Horsman, Reginald. Race and Manifest Destiny. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981.