Reviews tagging 'Racism'

De Reis van de Beagle: De Geillustreerde Editie van zijn Beroemde Reisverslag [The Voyage of the Beagle: The Illustrated Edition of Charles Darwin's Travel Memoir and Field Journal] by Charles Darwin

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marsybar's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Interesting read and his enjoyment of his journeys is easy to see. Plus it's fun to see his notes that you can guess lead to his theories, and in general and cool look into his own mind.
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baruchbarnes's review against another edition

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I understand historical context etc etc but also it is deeply exhausting to listen to hours and hours of Darwin describing horrific racism and genocide against indigenous people and Black people with not enough disgust. Even when he disapproves, he still praises the people committing the evils and I don't have the patience to wait for him to evolve like a couple of reviews said he eventually does. 
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the_reading_wren's review against another edition

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I’ve been reading this on and off for several years now and just found it a tough read in places. I skipped to the chapter about the Galápagos Islands because of how important that time was for Darwin’s thinking on evolution. It was fascinating to read his entries from that time as he was processing all the information he was collecting and thinking along the lines of the later theory of evolution by natural selection. 
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