nBased on Recapitulation theory
n“Mongoloid” became synonymous with mentally defective people
n“Mentally defective” was a throwback to earlier stage in evolution
n“Negroid stock is even more ancient than the Caucasian and Mongolian”, Henry Osborne, Natural History, April 1980.
nJustified treatment of slaves in this
country, aborigines in
Australia
nEven Darwin’s book “Origin of Species Through
Natural Selection” had a
subtitle “The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life”