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Denyse O'Leary
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April 27, 2021
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Planned Parenthood now denouncing Margaret Sanger — a bit late maybe

Denyse O'Leary
April 27, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
Cancel Culture is basically fascism, tweeted. But the way Darwinism and Social Darwinism sponsored racism — because in that scheme of things, someone always needs to be the lesser human — should have been dealt with a long time ago. There are certainly plenty of other reasons for doubting Darwin and denouncing Sanger today. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 22, 2021
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Biologist tackles “evolution” and racism with commendable zeal…

Denyse O'Leary
April 22, 2021
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
... but varying results. The awkward problem with Smith's approach is that, to most people, evolution means Darwinism, period. And until comparatively recently, the “less evolved” stuff was what Darwin’s followers genuinely did believe. It wasn’t an extrapolation, it was part of their global belief system — as it was of Darwin’s. It’s no use looking hither and yon for how that “less evolved” idea got started. At one time, racism was based on a variety of folklore grounds; Darwin came along and made it sound scientific. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 21, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Racism, speciation
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Taking aim at species classifier Carl Linnaeus for racism — but not Darwin

Denyse O'Leary
March 21, 2021
Intelligent Design, Racism, speciation
Now, how on earth did Haeckel get the idea of “social Darwinism”? Or is it “social Derwoodism.” Surely Haeckel can’t have been riffing of the celebrated Brit toff who wrote all this racist stuff? Whatever, Darwin still has an asbestos reputation among the Woke. Anyone can be blamed for the generally racist attitudes of 19th century scientists except the man who did so much to pass them on. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 26, 2021
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Education, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Racism
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Jonathan Bartlett: Antiracism in Math Promotes Racism and Bad Math

Denyse O'Leary
February 26, 2021
Education, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Racism
Bartlett: … one thing that is helpful for parents, students, and teachers is for students to show their work. I know it can be hard to get students to do this. My own children hate to do it. However, being explicit about the steps in their reasoning is important for a number of reasons. First, showing their work helps students with harder problems... So, what does Equitable Math say about this practice? According to their published guide, "White supremacy culture shows up in math class when students are required to show their work" Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 18, 2021
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At The Guardian: What to do about the Political Incorrectness of Darwin’s Descent of Man

Denyse O'Leary
February 18, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
We don’t think Darwin should be Cancelled either because we don’t live in the Year Zero. But if some were minded to Cancel Darwin, this would not be a very good argument against it. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 13, 2021
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Chronicles of the war on math: Why math is racist

Denyse O'Leary
February 13, 2021
Culture, Education, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Racism
Wethinks that the big winners are teachers who can’t teach, protected by unions. The big losers are kids who leave school innumerate and must cope with a workplace that no longer needs innumerate people. We have machines now. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 12, 2021
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Just in time for Darwin Day: Abolitionist Frederick Douglass on evolutionary racism

Denyse O'Leary
February 12, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
Science historian Michael Flannery points out that Douglass’s comments preceded Darwin’s On the Origin of Species because the basic idea of the "modified monkey" (Thomas Huxley's phrase) was in Lamarck (and probably in the air). Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 13, 2020
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An academic discovers the “dark side” of Darwinism

Denyse O'Leary
November 13, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Racism
Austin Anderson: Now I understand why I’ve never been asked in a biology class to read the original text of Darwin’s theories: Our contemporary reverence for Darwin’s gentlemanliness and the pure scientific brilliance of his theories is an overly optimistic illusion that shatters upon a closer look at his publications. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 13, 2020
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At Medium: On the “Impending cancellation of Darwin”

Denyse O'Leary
September 13, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
Essentially, Noah Carl is forcing the biology establishment to admit that they can’t impugn Darwin for his racism because he’s their religion. All those other guys can just be trashed. But not Darwin. Not for anything. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 6, 2020
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Britain’s Natural History Museum is feeling the heat over Darwin’s racism

Denyse O'Leary
September 6, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
Some of us remember fifteen years ago when anyone who brought up Darwin’s racism was informed, superciliously, by Darwinists that only a creationist would raise such an issue, as if there were nothing to be appalled by. One is tempted to say, suck it up. But that’s not a solution. Read More ›
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August 30, 2020
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Academic Freedom, Control vs Anarchy, Defending our Civilization, Ethics, Free Speech, Lessons of History, Racism, rhetoric
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A Sandia National Labs Whistleblower on Culture form Marxism imposition by HR Department

kairosfocus
August 30, 2020
Academic Freedom, Control vs Anarchy, Defending our Civilization, Ethics, Free Speech, Lessons of History, Racism, rhetoric

Yes, it’s real: And if this is being “mainstreamed” at Sandia National Labs, it’s going to be all but pervasive in Government and in the sort of corporations that typically get government contracts. Across today, DV, I intend to put up screen shots from his presentation, as points to ponder. As a start, clip 1: Clip 2: Clip 3: Petersen’s caveats: Let me add, on HR etc vs surveys of actual black Americans: Similarly, though there is a general violence problem in the US and such is echoed in policing, US DoJ figures as cited give a picture different from the narrative (especially if we recognise that, sadly African American youth are heavily over-represented in violent crimes, as perpetrators and Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
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July 31, 2020
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Apologies for displaying an African man in a Bronx Zoo monkey house conveniently leave out the Darwinian motivation

Denyse O'Leary
July 31, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
David Klinghoffer: The truth is that placing a man in the Monkey House was intended as an education for the public in Darwinian evolution. As John West has said, Ota Benga was “only one of thousands of indigenous peoples who were put on display in America in the name of Darwinian evolution.” Read More ›