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Originally Posted by Cheese
Teachers in some northern Quebec communities are being told not to talk about the evolution of humans because Darwin's theory offends some Inuit people.
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Huh? This sounds more like Teachers not really being aware of the Theory and how it relates to us humans - and more like their existing prejudice or belief that somehow the Inuit peoples are 'closer' to being Apes than the remainder of the population according to that theory (which is not the case!)
I think that everyone who is concerned or who mistakenly thinks that evolution means that one group of human beings are better or more 'evolved' than others ought to read Jared Diamonds "Guns, Germs and Steel." This book goes through the history of different groups of people living in different parts of the world, and why Europeans were able to come to North America and dominate, and why they had superior weapons etc. (and the answer btw is nothing to do with actually being a superior, more evolved or more 'civilised' - and has everything to do with environmental factors) -
It is an interesting and captivating read - very personal and very little like the history textbooks we studied in schools growing up.