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In addition, evolutionary racism was directed at [[Michelle Obama]].<ref>http://creation.com/obama-racism-row</ref>
 
In addition, evolutionary racism was directed at [[Michelle Obama]].<ref>http://creation.com/obama-racism-row</ref>
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=== Evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa comments about black women and African history ===
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Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa is an evolutionary psychologist at the London School of Economics. Dr. Kanazawa publishes a blog on the Psychology Today website called ''The Scientific Fundamentalist''. 
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In 2011, Dr. Kanazawa published the following inappropriate comment which was later pulled by the Psychology Today website:
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{{cquote|It is very interesting to note that, even though black women are objectively less physically attractive than other women, black women (and men) subjectively consider themselves to be far more physically attractive than others.<ref>http://www.scribd.com/doc/55558908/Why-Are-Black-Women-Rated-Less-Physically-Attractive-Than-Other-Women-But-Black-Men-Are-Rated-Better-Looking-Than-Other-Men</ref>}}
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Kanazawa has a "Savanna principle" hypothesis which speculates that societal problems are due to the human brain supposedly evolving in [[Africa]] hundreds of thousands of years ago in a very different environment from modern society.<ref>http://www.psychologytoday.com/node/38933</ref>
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[[Image:2402173645 c8e6168fe7.jpg|alt=Richard Dawkins|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Richard Dawkins]],
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<small>(photo by Shane Pope, obtained from [http://flickr.com/photos/shanepope/2402173645/ Flickr, see license agreement)</small>] ]]
    
== Further Reading  ==
 
== Further Reading  ==
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