Scientific American says Adam and Eve were white

 

Joel Kontinen

 

Allison Hopper had a report on evolution in Scientific Amerixcan entitled Denial of Evolution Is a Form of White Supremacy.

 

She writes against American history, saying that Black history is forgotten, instead, she says:  

 

"In literal interpretations of the Christian Bible, white skin was created in God's image. Dark skin has a different, more problematic origin. As the biblical story goes, the curse or mark of Cain for killing his brother was a darkening of his descendants' skin. Historically, many congregations in the U.S. pointed to this story of Cain as evidence that Black skin was created as a punishment.”

 And she said this:  

 “This is contrary to what biblical scholars think. They suppose that Adam and Eve were not white but coloured so that they could give rise to all the people of the Earth,

The fantasy of a continuous line of white descendants segregates white heritage from Black bodies. In the real world, this mythology translates into lethal effects on people who are Black. Fundamentalist interpretations of the Bible are part of the “fake news” epidemic that feeds the racial divide in our country.”

 She says  that this is contrary to what evolution tells us about humanity. In her view, we know that we are of African origin. She does not deal with the evils of evolution in which Africans were tortured because of their colour. .  

Source: 

Hopper. Allison. 2021.  Denial of Evolution Is a Form of White Supremacy. Scientific American  7 July.