Re:Our babies were taken after 'biased' parenting test
by int_19h on Saturday November 22, 2025 @10:58PM
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These tests aren't specific to Greenland though. They affect more people there because they tend to assume a certain culture, and that part stems directly from Denmark's past colonial policies. But it would still be dystopian if confined to Denmark proper.
Re:Our babies were taken after 'biased' parenting test
by bazoom42 on Sunday November 23, 2025 @07:17AM
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The article is about tests administered in Denmark by the Danish authorities. Greenland has its own child protective services ran by Greenlanders so presumably with a better cultural understanding of their own citizens.
Re:Our babies were taken after 'biased' parenting test
by bazoom42 on Monday November 24, 2025 @07:08AM
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> I would first ask what happened such that Denmark owns Greenland in the first place
I think there is some misunderstanding of the issue here. While Greenland isn’t fully independent, many domains, including social services and child protective services in Greenland are managed by Greenland itself, not by Denmark.
But the controversial tests described in the article did not happen in Greenland - They happened in Denmark, but they were considered unfairly biased aginst Greenlandic parents living in Denmark.
I would first ask what happened such that Denmark owns Greenland in the first place, because it's all part of the same process, same as this:
> Thousands of Inuit women and girls were fitted with an intrauterine device (IUD), commonly known as a coil, during the 1960s and 70s... it is unclear how many cases lacked consent or proper explanation.
> Among those affected were girls as young as 12, and several have stated publicly that they were not properly informed.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63049387