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Finally, creationism has a solid hold in African American churches. There’s important outreach to be done on that front, and it’ll have to be accompanied by an acknowledgment of racism in science, both historically and in its current practice. While science is not itself racist, and neither is evolution, both have been tainted by and abused for the benefit of racism, and the African American community has cause for its ambivalence. Those of us who love evolution, love science, and want to share that love with our brothers and sisters of all races and religions need to find better ways to bridge these gaps.
Well, just admitting it would be a welcome change. They could also stop promoting Darwinism, but first things first.
Similarly, there’s a clear need (or was in 2007) to make clearer the connection between social welfare policy and environmental policy. More.
Unfortunately, there is a close link between “environmental policy” and permanent structural unemployment.
If it is true that African Americans are suspicious of such policies, the fact that most of them need to work for a living, just as I (O’Leary for News) do, could conceivably be an issue. 😉
Not one we expect the Darwin in the schools lobby to take seriously any time soon.
Generally, the cocktail circuit does not care about high unemployment among non-celebs.
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