this emphasis also led boas to conclude that anthropologists have an obligation to speak out on social issues boas was especially concerned with racial inequality which he had demonstrated was not biological in origin but rather social boas is credited as the first scientist to publish the idea that all peopleincluding white and african americans are equal so much for a scientist and the idiot who wrote it a scientist said we all are equal some advice for you jew slrubenstein make it less ridiculous and no need to thank me