tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307494650235495832.post5421627706773650584..comments2023-03-01T08:50:38.807-05:00Comments on William Cinfici: Clinton Wrong to Compare Sanger with JeffersonThe Definitive Wordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12474721475564099872noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307494650235495832.post-47314060037160432012009-04-30T17:14:00.000-04:002009-04-30T17:14:00.000-04:00Thank you. Yes, Jefferson did regard blacks as in...Thank you. Yes, Jefferson did regard blacks as inferior. Although it is difficult to tell whether he meant merely that they were culturally, or as you put it, socially inferior, or genetically inferior in a racist sense. It is worth noting, however, that racism only arose later in the nineteenth century as a pseudo-scientific theory after the publication of Charles Darwin's theory of the "survival of the fittest." Certainly, Jefferson strongly believed in education, even for his slaves, so he must have had some confidence in blacks, unlike Sanger, who preferred to eliminate them. Regardless, his ideas about liberty, that they are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights" are applicable to all human beings.The Definitive Wordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12474721475564099872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307494650235495832.post-17331698995554329902009-04-30T17:04:00.000-04:002009-04-30T17:04:00.000-04:00This was an excellent article. The problem for me ...This was an excellent article. The problem for me is the double standards of persons like Hilary Clinton. She is a strong advocate for abortion in this country, yet condemned it when she was in China when her husband was President. Unfortunately, the double standard is ignored, when she and others are confronted. <br /><br />I have read a book on the 3rd President. It state that Jefferson thought that the black person was inferior to whites. I wonder if he meant socially inferior at that time with the hope that they would some day be socially equal to the white race.Chevalier Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04622735515970462695noreply@blogger.com