| | The term pygmy is sometimes used in modern language to refer to one who is very short of stature. It is usually considered to be condescending.<ref name="a"/> | | The term pygmy is sometimes used in modern language to refer to one who is very short of stature. It is usually considered to be condescending.<ref name="a"/> |
| − | Pygmies have been the victims of [[Darwinian]] [[racism]], which claims that Pygmies are closer to [[ape | apes]] than to [[human being | Man]]. By denying that Pygmies, like all humans, descended from [[Noah]] and his family after they exited the [[Ark]], Darwinists were able to dehumanize Pygmies and claim they were merely animals, such as when one kidnapped Pygmy named [[Ota Benga]] was placed on display alongside an [[orangutan]] at the [[Bronx Zoo]] in [[1906]].<ref>[http://www.creationresearch.org/crsq/articles/30/otabenga.html "Ota Benga: The Story of the Pygmy on Display in a Zoo"], ''Creation Science Quarterly'', Volume 30, Number 3, December 1993.</ref> | + | Pygmies have been the victims of [[Darwinian]] [[racism]], which claimed that Pygmies are closer to [[ape | apes]] than to [[human being | Man]]. By denying that Pygmies, like all humans, descended from [[Noah]] and his family after they exited the [[Ark]], Darwinists were able to dehumanize Pygmies and claim they were merely animals. In one case, a Pygmy named [[Ota Benga]] was kidnapped and placed on display alongside an [[orangutan]] at the [[Bronx Zoo]] in [[1906]].<ref>[http://www.creationresearch.org/crsq/articles/30/otabenga.html "Ota Benga: The Story of the Pygmy on Display in a Zoo"], ''Creation Science Quarterly'', Volume 30, Number 3, December 1993.</ref> |