Tag: St. Louis World’s Fair

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 6, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Africa, apes, Bronx Zoo, conscience, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, evolutionary biology, Final Solution, human evolution, Human Zoos, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, racists, Scandinavia, scientific racism, St. Louis World's Fair, The Descent of Man}

West, Metaxas: Face It, Darwinian Theory Is Itself Racist

_{David Klinghoffer
August 6, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution

4}

This malign record is no mere inexplicable aberration from an otherwise innocent scientific theory. The legacy is not a mistake. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
August 18, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, brains, Darwinian racism, evolutionary ladder, Human Zoos, scientific racism, Smithsonian Institution, St. Louis, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington Post, Washington University, whites, YouTube videos}

Maura: The Woman Whose Brain Was Stolen and Stored by the Smithsonian

_{John G. West
August 18, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

4}

Maura was brought from the Philippines to the U.S. in 1904 to take part in one of the public displays of indigenous people at the St. Louis World’s Fair. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
August 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, body parts, brains, Czech Republic, Darwinian theory, documentary, evolution, evolutionary racism, Human Zoos, indigenous peoples, National Museum of Natural History, Racism, skeletons, Smithsonian Institution, Social Darwinism, soft tissue, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington Post}

Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection Exposed by Washington Post

_{John G. West
August 17, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

3}

These human specimens were collected in large part to dramatize how non-white peoples were supposedly lower on the evolutionary ladder than whites. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 4, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, atheism, Cupples Hall, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary theory, human origins, Human Zoos, John Jay College, John West, Michael Behe, missing links, Nathan Lents, Nazis, Newspeak, polygenism, pseudoscience, Racism, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), St. Louis, St. Louis Republic, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington University}

Biologist: It’s “Racist” to Invite Condemnation of Racism

_{David Klinghoffer
August 4, 2021

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Organizers of the St. Louis World’s Fair believed human zoos would “shed light on the theory evolved by Darwin as regards the evolution of the human race.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 6, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Africans, Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, Bronx Zoo, evolution, Human Zoos, ID the Future, mainstream science, Michael Medved, missing links, Ota Benga, podcast, scientific racism, skeptics, slavery, St. Louis World's Fair}

Listen: Bought in a Slave Auction, Displayed as Evolutionary “Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 6, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution

3}

The association with “mainstream science” is often weaponized as a way of overawing us and persuading us to stop expecting answers to hard questions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 27, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Cupples Hall, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary theory, human origins, Human Zoos, John Jay College, John West, Michael Behe, missing links, Nathan Lents, Nazis, Newspeak, polygenism, pseudoscience, Racism, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), St. Louis, St. Louis Republic, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington University}

According to Biologist Nathan Lents, It’s “Racist” to Invite Condemnation of Racism

_{David Klinghoffer
February 27, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

6}

Not content with ripping Dr. Behe, Professor Lents now seeks to assassinate my character. Try to follow his logic if you can. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 20, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, African-American history, history, Human Zoos, John West, Ota Benga, P.T. Barnum, Q&A, scientific racism, St. Louis World's Fair, students, The Greatest Showman}

From Human Zoos, College Students Learn the Consequences of Scientific Racism

_{John G. West
February 20, 2019

Bioethics

7}

One of the rewarding experiences that go with creating a film is doing live screenings and being able to interact in a personal way with viewers during Q&A. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam Hochschild, Belgium, colonialism, Darwinian theory, evolution, George H.W. Bush, George Herbert Walker, history, human evolution, Human Zoos, indigenous people, John Hawks, John West, King Leopold, Maine, npr, paleoanthropology, Philippines, Politics, Racism, Royal Museum for Central Africa, scientific racisim, St. Louis World's Fair, Summer White House, Tervuren, U.S. Presidents, United States, Walker’s Point}

Human Zoos — International, Still Being Airbrushed

_{David Klinghoffer
October 16, 2018

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

4}

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

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, colony, Darwinian theory, documentary, Human Zoos, John West, Paul Johnson, Philippines, scientific racism, Spain, St. Louis World's Fair, United States, video}

On Indigenous Peoples Day, Remember This Chapter from the History of Evolutionary Science

_{David Klinghoffer
October 8, 2018

Evolution

4}

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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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Aleš Hrdlička, anti-Semitism, China, Darwinian theory, documentary, eugenics, history, Holocaust, Human Zoos, Jews, John West, Johns Hopkins University, premiere, pseudoscience, Racism, Seattle, Smithsonian Institution, St. Louis World's Fair, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, United States, Woodland Park Zoo, World War II}

Meet Aleš Hrdlička, FDR’s Favorite Eugenicist

_{David Klinghoffer
May 6, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

5}

Darwin-inspired eugenics and racial pseudoscience are like some sort of insidious, and hideous, household pest. Read More ›