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(DIR) Post #B0j8AV0bItd6Iv58BE by anna_lillith@mas.to
2025-11-29T02:44:55Z
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wlw2qj113o"It felt like a part of my soul died."Now Keira is one of many Greenlandic families living on the Danish mainland who are fighting to get their children returned to them after they were removed by social services.In such cases, babies and children were taken away after parental competency tests - known in Denmark as FKUs - were used to help assess whether they were fit to be parents. 1/4
(DIR) Post #B0j8AWThqAVOrThtBY by divVerent@social.vivaldi.net
2025-11-29T04:46:32Z
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@anna_lillith After such stories one wonders if Trump governing Greenland would be really so much worse...Something is rotten in the state of Denmark - but at least you may be improving? Let's hope for that.
(DIR) Post #B0j8AafuEkdnsTRgky by anna_lillith@mas.to
2025-11-29T02:46:27Z
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In May this year the Danish government banned the use of these tests on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism, although they continue to be used on other families in Denmark.[...]Keira's assessment in 2024, carried out when she was pregnant, concluded that she did not have "sufficient parental competencies to care for the newborn independently".Keira says the questions she was asked included: "Who is Mother Teresa?"
(DIR) Post #B0j8Ag0IQMvEPA1XjU by anna_lillith@mas.to
2025-11-29T02:48:10Z
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and "How long does it take for the sun's rays to reach the Earth?"Psychologists who defend the tests argue questions like these are intended to assess parents' general knowledge and their understanding of concepts they might encounter in society.Keira adds that "they made me play with a doll and criticised me for not making enough eye contact".She alleges that when she asked why she was being tested in this way the psychologist told her:
(DIR) Post #B0j8Aln2uXt8Lns2ue by anna_lillith@mas.to
2025-11-29T02:49:36Z
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"To see if you are civilised enough, if you can act like a human being."[...]When Johanne was asked in 2019 what she saw during a Rorschach test - a psychological test where people are asked what they see when looking at ink-blot images - she said she saw a woman gutting a seal, a familiar sight in Greenland's hunting culture.Johanne alleges that on hearing this answer the psychologist called her a "barbarian".
(DIR) Post #B0jaNtHp9Fd457JOKG by squee@mastodon.nz
2025-11-29T10:02:40Z
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@divVerent @anna_lillith adding TFG to any scenario can only make it worse.
(DIR) Post #B0k54TWHoyxvFDIYoy by divVerent@social.vivaldi.net
2025-11-29T15:46:34Z
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@squee @anna_lillith He did bring down some casinos, which I guess is a _good_ thing.Probably the only good deeds he ever did.I guess he should stop the US politics thing, and buy more casinos then manage them into the ground.While at it, he maybe should also buy some tobacco and alcohol brands, fossil fuel corporations and a bunch of militaries. He definitely has a talent to run things into the ground.