He asserted that different races of mankind had traveled different
distances along the evolutionary path - white Caucasians were at the
top of the racial hierarchy, while black and brown people ranked
below. [Racism] was a widespread prejudice in British society at the
time, but he presented racial hierarchy as a matter of science. He
also held that the poor were genetically second-rate - which inspired
eugenics
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091124/hl_time/08599194248300
You are just restating very obvious truths.
climber