How Did Racism And Social Darwinism Affect Attitudes To Social Policy

Racism and social Darwinism affected attitudes to social policy by giving those who appeared to be superior, the power to control through the advancement of technology. With regards to "race", people began to distinguish themselves into groups of those who are powerful and those who were less powerful. Due to the increasing technology, many of the Europeans helped with the militarty and technological advantages to show their racial superiority. In the theory of evolution, the concept of natural selection was " survival of the fittest" which became social Darwinism. Herbert Spencer argued that this concept also applied to humans and human societies because some races were more mature then others. A nation that contained people who spoke the