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YouTube Premiere of Award-Winning Film Exposes Human Zoos, Scientific Racism

“Science is a wonderful thing, but human zoos, scientific racism, and eugenics were shocking betrayals of science.” Read More ›
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What Anne Frank and Ota Benga Have in Common

Cruelty and injustice can seem an abstraction, committed against faceless people. Read More ›
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Photo: Martin Luther King, 1963, via Wikimedia Commons.

Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism

Dr. King was sharply critical of the misuse of science to promote racial discrimination, and he spoke forcefully against the idea that humans are the products of a blind material process.  Read More ›
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Documentary Human Zoos Is Screened at Detroit’s African-American History Museum

The film tells how thousands of indigenous peoples were put on public display in America in what scholars today call “human zoos.” Read More ›
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Intelligent Design from Every Angle: Check Out These Fine Christmas Book Offerings!

Is there anything more relaxing and uplifting than settling in with a good book on a winter day? Read More ›
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With Screenings in Chicago, New Documentary Human Zoos Prompts Discussion, Debate

The film shows how a number of Christians led opposition to both human zoos and eugenics. Read More ›
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Scientism Is Wrong; Is It Evil, Too?

Granted, scientism can aid and abet evil. Its tendency to do so is predictable. In its blindness it harms and humiliates. Read More ›
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Human Zoos — International, Still Being Airbrushed

The Belgian human zoo sounds exactly like the St. Louis equivalent just a few years later. Read More ›

Survey: Americans Favor Education on Scientific Racism; Call for Famed Zoo, Museum to Apologize

“Most Americans realize we need to learn from the past,” said John West, writer and director of the new documentary Human Zoos. “But we can’t learn from the past if we cover it up.” Read More ›
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On Indigenous Peoples Day, Remember This Chapter from the History of Evolutionary Science

John West was in St. Louis recently and had the opportunity to explore the site of the 1904 World’s Fair, which featured a “human zoo.” Read More ›

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