But this only applies to white people, right? Because if anyone ever posts a picture of a black person and a gorilla or compares black people to gorillas, monkeys, apes or chimps, they’re called racists. So no one can say that black people descended from apes. But isn’t that racist if black people are less than human? Hmmm. BTW, I don’t believe we’re related to primates but I wish those who do would bring blacks into the conversation :-)
If you're human, you are a member of the Family Hominid, one of several in the Order Primate. So, assuming you're human, you ARE a Primate.
The whole idea that we evolved from an apelike ancestor is pretty much the basis of racism. Those with more “apelike” features, under this theory, are less evolved and therefore not as advanced, and finally, “inferior”, to those who have less apelike features - even if that similarity/dissimilarity is only in skin color.
However, the biblical worldview declares us all to be descendents of the same 2 original humans created in God’s image, funneled through Noah and his wife, and separated by language at Babel. No one with this understanding of people groups could be considered racist. Differences in behaviors and cultures are due to social grouping and not due to “inferior genetics”.