Dänische Erziehungstests stehen in der Kritik, nachdem das Baby einer grönländischen Mutter entzogen wurde

> A passage from her case file states that her “Greenlandic background, where even small facial expressions have communicative significance,” would make it difficult for her to prepare the child for “social expectations and codes that are necessary in Danish society”.

WTF!?

“Kronvold, 38, was given an FKU test in 2014 before the birth of her second child, a boy, and again recently while pregnant with her third child. Speaking through an intermediary, she told the Guardian that on this last occasion she was told it was to see if she was “civilised enough”.”

Holy fuck.

???

This sounds really horrible. Both that test and also the very disturbing note in her file that greenlandic facial expressions are different and thus she would have trouble raising her child to function in danish society.

> Danish authorities say the parenting competency test, known as forældrekompetenceundersøgelse (FKU), is far from the only tool used to assess whether or not a child should be removed from their parents. 

I’m having trouble believing this is enough for the government to take your own child away from you, and the above quote seems to imply that. Does anyone know if there is something else at play here, like a hidtory of alcoholism, or some kind of child abuse or some radical beliefs or something?

I experienced abuse from both my parents for almost two decades, and am still struggling to deal with some of the consequences of that more than 20 years after I moved out. I am all for saving children from horrible parents, but this article makes it seem like the child was just taken away because Denmark is racist.

I know almost nothing about danish society. How likely is it that this was just racism vs there were more serious reasons other than “facial expressions” and other racist garbage?

Sound like state overreach, but apparently in 1% of the cases based on the silly test Denmark takes children away from their parents, which sounds super-nazi to me. Why risk having children if the state can simply take them away?

Also here they complain for Grenlandic woman, but what about all other immigrants? Do Poles in Denmark fail that test more and are they, as usual, just not indigenous enough to be protected?

This shit would never fly in the US.

Anti Denmark propaganda to prepare US buy of Greenland.

There is no doubt that greenlandic natives have been mistreated in the past, no denying that, it is also true that the danish state can take your children, if you are unfit to be a parent. That could be because of mental illness, abuse or using drugs or too much alcohol. That goes for both danish and greenlandic natives. The test is faulty and should be stopped asap, but what the article fail to tell all of you, is the massive social problems in Greenland. The abuse of children, alcoholism, suicide and domestic violence is really high in Greenland, sadly. That is why the test was made in the first place to try to save some kids from abusive parrents. While that does not completely excuse the danish state, it does explain why this exists.

If you compare Greenland to other arctic natives in Russia, Alaska and Canada they more less have the same problems, that does not excuse the colonizer, but it seems to be a more complex issue than just a bad danish practice. If you think the natives in Greenland are better of under american rule, just think about native americans and the problems they have or in Russia for that matter. The danish wellfare system is not perfect, but it does secure you a bare minimum of a good secure life. Greenland are self governing and receive loads of money, with literally no money flowing back to Denmark. While it is not perfect its the best ruler they will ever have.

Americans: “scandiavian societies are so advanced, we want to be like them”

Scandinavian societes: …

Denmark, I thought you were pretty cool, wtf is this sh*t?

This whole article is so backwards. They only criticize the danish government for taking the child away because it was discriminatory, but they don´t question at all whether it is right or wrong to do so in the first place, especially preventatively and preemptively. Are we living in Tom Cruise´s Minority Report already? This “test” should be condemned from a human rights perspective.

What in the racist fuck

We don’t have all the information so it’s hard to make a conclusion, but one thing is for sure, that test sucks ass and shouldn’t be used. I’ve seen this stuff a lot with other parents, where they only give their side of the story to get sympathy. I’m not saying that is guaranteed here, but it’s always difficult when we only get one side of the story. I’ve worked in government before and I know that it takes a lot for the state to take your children. Usually a drug, drinking or violence problem (not saying that is the case here, since we don’t know anything).

Look at this quote from article:

“After the first test she was separated permanently from her eight-month-old son and nine-year-old daughter. It is unclear to what extent the test results contributed to that decision, but they are believed to have been among the reasons why, within hours of giving birth to her third child on 7 November, Kronvold’s baby was removed”

There is a lot of context missing here. It seems as if her children were just randomly taken. I find it very hard to believe that they did this based solely on a test, when we get no information. She could share documents if she really wanted to, but if she doesn’t want to, it’s really hard to make a conclusion (the state isn’t allowed to share it themselves).

That happens when you give to much power to the government.

Expecting this case before the ECJ