Carl Sagan/Racism

[snazzy_sn]

Hey, I'm not really smart but just judging from some of Carl Sagan's early work is he kind of a racist?
Like super hard?

 

[swilow]

Never heard such a thing. What makes you think that, do you have some examples?

I googled it and this thread is in the top results, but I also found this statement:

Ann Druyan says, “he understood the human species to be precisely what it is—part of the fabric of nature, obviously related to the non-human primates in ways that were very striking. So to him racism was completely appalling. And sexism, too. Since there was no scientific basis for any kind of inferiority for women or non-white people, he couldn’t bear it. . . .

http://www.csicop.org/si/show/universe_and_carl_sagan/

 

[(Kelso)]

Wow, I've never heard of Carl being a racist. I've heard of Darwin being one (and quite true actually) and I'm sure there are others in is vein.

i am keen to see some quotes