Human Zoos<>scientific racism documentary

[get these nets]

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Human Zoos tells the story of how thousands of indigenous peoples were put on public display in America in the early decades of the twentieth century. Often touted as “missing links” between man and apes, these native peoples were harassed, demeaned, and jeered at. Their public display was arranged with the enthusiastic support of the most elite members of the scientific community, and it was promoted uncritically by America’s leading newspapers. The documentary also tells the story of a courageous group of African-American ministers who tried to stop one such ‘Human Zoo’ in New York City. The documentary features Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Pamela Newkirk, author of Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga.


full documentary

Spoiler: backup copy if the vid gets pulled

 

[Skooby]

I'll try to watch this but the singing in the background is annoying.

 

[Stir Fry]

‘Merikkkuh

 

[get these nets]

I'll try to watch this but the singing in the background is annoying.

I feel you. They used different approaches with some of the newer documentaries, perhaps to attract younger audiences.
I'm used to straight forward doc.s with an emphasis on information, and historians as the talking heads.

I can do without the extras.

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White people in this country really descend from depraved MFers. Northern whites would have us think that they were more enlightened than white Southerners. Facts say different.

 

[frankster]

The latest incarnation of Scientific Racism......is the attempt by many pseudo-intellectuals to use genetic science to prove that there is a scientific base for race and in particular racial difference in terms of intelligence.

 

[xoxodede]

Thanks for this. Gonna watch tonight.

 

[broller]

Will check it

 

[fairfax12]

The latest incarnation of Scientific Racism......is the attempt by many pseudo-intellectuals to use genetic science to prove that there is a scientific base for race and in particular racial difference in terms of intelligence.

e.g. Ancestry.com?

 

[Skooby]

e.g. Ancestry.com?

Don't see how it's ancestry.com. That's more so for family history and historical research.