Claim CA005.2:

The subtitle of Darwin's Origin of Species refers to "the preservation of favoured races," showing the racist nature of Darwin's ideas.

Source:

Weston, Paula, 1997-1998. The fallacy of racism. Creation Ex Nihilo 20(1): 52-53, http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs/384.asp

Response:

  1. Race, as used by Darwin, refers to varieties, not to human races. It simply points out that some variations that occur naturally survive in greater numbers. Origin of Species hardly refers to humans at all.

  2. Evolution is not racist.

Further Reading:

Mayr, Ernst, 2000. Darwin's influence on modern thought. Scientific American 283(1) (Jul.): 78-83.
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