Re: Politely written--hoping this doesn't start another round onbiology

Thanks for the clarification, Andy.. 

Mine

>To Mine,

>One of the main barriers to an explicit racial ideology in the the 19th
>century was the debate over whether the "races" had a common origin (one
>Adam) or whether each "race" had its own origin (several Adams). Because
>Christian theology is wedded to the belief in only one Adam, the theory
>that all "races" evolved from a single source, with "Negroes" being
>degraded (for various reasons ranging from Noah's curse to the
>backwardness of Africa), was acceptable. Yes, both theories are racist.