In chapter 5 of The Scholar Denied, they discuss Social Darwinism. This is an idea that was developed around the end of the 19th century. The book says “social darwinism sociologists argued that a hierarchy of races existed with superior races at the top, less superior ones in an intermediate position, and inferior ones locked at the bottom” (Morris: 115). This hierarchy cannot be altered and only through natural selection, the most desirable and superior of the races would survive. Park accepted the theory of social darwinism and according to him, white Europeans were on top and blacks were on the bottom. He also came up with the “race relations cycle” which has four processes; competition, conflict, accommodation and assimilation.
Competition
Competition