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Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden exhibit at the Creation Museum near Covington, Kentucky (Chris Light, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International)
In a silly non-scientific op-ed at
, Allison Hopper declares that “denial of evolution” is a form of “white supremacy.” No, it’s not a satire piece. It’s a bigoted anti-Christian rant masquerading as a science op-ed. In it, Hopper, whose bio says she’s a “filmmaker and designer,” claims that “evolution denial” perpetuates violence against black people:
I want to unmask the lie that evolution denial is about religion and recognize that at its core, it is a form of white supremacy that perpetuates segregation and violence against Black bodies. Under the guise of “religious freedom,” the legalistic wing of creationists loudly insists that their point of view deserves equal time in the classroom. Science education in the U.S. is constantly on the defensive against antievolution activist
Denial of Evolution Is a Form of White Supremacy
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