Tag: Bronx Zoo
Listen: Bought in a Slave Auction, Displayed as Evolutionary “Science”
The association with “mainstream science” is often weaponized as a way of overawing us and persuading us to stop expecting answers to hard questions.
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.”
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.”
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.
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.”