Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith's Proposal That Skin Color Should Be

Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith's proposal that skin color should be viewed as a product of climate and therefore not correlated to inner virtues (e.g.,intelligence,character,personality) suggests that he felt:

A) people were are all the same beneath their skin.
B) skin color correlates with moral virtues.
C) skin color was immutable and innate.
D) skin color was a legitimate organizing principle.