Political
Trying to determine some of the root causes of contemporary racism against Black people is a worth-while exploration. And it is something that I have pondered for some time.
I currently believe that modern and contemporary racism against Black people is being greatly influenced by those who promote Charles Dawin’s theory of evolution. Case-in-point, consider the following quote from the July 23, 1904, edition of Scientific American:
They are small, ape-like, elfish creatures . . . they live in absolute savagery, and while they exhibit many ape-like features in their bodies, they possess a certain alertness which appears to make them more intelligent than other Negroes . . . the existence of the pygmies is of the rudest; they do not practice agriculture, and keep no domestic animals. They live by means of hunting and snaring, eking this out by means of thieving from the big Negroes, on the outskirts of whose tribes they usually establish their little colonies, though they are as unstable as water, and range far and wide through the forests. They have seemingly become acquainted with metal only through contact with superior beings.