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 I am Charles Darwin. I published a book in which I explained my
theory of evolution. I argued that a process called natural selection
allows for the fittest species to survive and the weakest to die out. This
theory explains why we have so much biological diversity on earth, and
I used it only to explain what I observed in the world around me.
I am a Social Darwinist. What this means is that from the 1850s to the
1920s, I believed we should act out Darwin’s theory in society. In other
words, I thought that the powerful people in society were better than the
weak and that we should have allowed the powerful to succeed and the
weak to die out.
I am a Eugenicist, a friend of the Social Darwinist. I believed that the
government should have a say in who reproduces so that we can create a
"superior race." As a Eugenicist, I supported forced sterilization and
even the extermination of certain groups of people.
I am Victoria, a student at California State University, San Bernardino. I
need to write a paper about evolution, and I keep finding online articles
and blogs that sound pretty racist. One article I found was written by a
Eugenicist who believed in Social Darwinism. In the article, the author
kept referring to this Darwin guy, so I’d really like to know what Darwin
had to say about evolution.