Human Zoos Type post Date February 17, 2019 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , __image, Africa, apes, Bronx Zoo, Canada, Darwinian evolution, Detroit, eugenics, history, human dignity, Human Zoos, humans, John West, missing links, Monkey House, New York City, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk, scientific racism, scientists, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, United States YouTube Premiere of Award-Winning Film Exposes Human Zoos, Scientific Racism Science & Culture February 17, 2019 Bioethics, Evolution 3 “Science is a wonderful thing, but human zoos, scientific racism, and eugenics were shocking betrayals of science.” Read More ›
Anne Frank Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date January 19, 2019 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , __cedited, abstraction, Amsterdam, documentary, eugenics, Germany, Human Zoos, John West, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, Nazis, New York City, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Texas What Anne Frank and Ota Benga Have in Common David Klinghoffer January 19, 2019 Bioethics, Evolution 3 Cruelty and injustice can seem an abstraction, committed against faceless people. Read More ›
Detroit-1 Type post Date November 30, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , __edited, African Americans, apes, Bronx Zoo, Detroit, Discovery Institute, documentary, eugenics, forced sterilization, Human Zoos, humans, John West, missing links, Monkey House, New York City, Ota Benga, Planned Parenthood, Racism, Social Darwinism, Wayne State University Documentary Human Zoos Is Screened at Detroit’s African-American History Museum Science & Culture November 30, 2018 Bioethics, Evolution 4 The film tells how thousands of indigenous peoples were put on public display in America in what scholars today call “human zoos.” Read More ›
AMNH Type post Date October 10, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionScience Education Tagged , __cedited, alt-right, American Museum of Natural History, Bronx Zoo, David Klinghoffer, documentary, education, eugenics, evolution, forced sterilization, Human Zoos, indigenous peoples, John West, Manhattan, methodology, missing links, Monkey House, New York City, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, survey, white nationalism Survey: Americans Favor Education on Scientific Racism; Call for Famed Zoo, Museum to Apologize Science & Culture October 10, 2018 Bioethics, Evolution, Science Education 6 “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 ›
