Readit News> A Greenlandic mother’s one-hour-old baby was removed from her by Danish authorities after she underwent “parenting competence” tests – despite a new law banning the use of the controversial psychometric assessments on people with Greenlandic backgrounds.
> The municipality told her she was “not Greenlandic enough” for the new law banning the tests to apply, despite her being born in Greenland of Greenlandic parents.
> She said her first meeting with her daughter, earlier this week, was cut short early because the baby was believed to be overtired and overstimulated.
> “My heart broke when she [the supervisor] stopped the time. I was so sad, I cried out to the car and in the car. It was so fast that we had to leave,” she said, through tears. “My heart is so broken, I don’t know what to do without her.”
> Brønlund is allowed to see her baby, under supervision, only once a fortnight for two hours at a time. Her appeal will be heard on 16 September.
Horrible and insane. Using some weird psychometric test, which is probably too narrowly defined and culturally tuned to a white Danish population, makes this whole thing not just cruel to both the child and mother but also incredibly racist. And now the municipality won’t comment on it for “confidentiality” reasons after they’ve stolen this mom’s child. It’s a really special time for bonding and development that she and the baby will never get back.
Is this really what Danes want from controlling Greenland?
Also egregious is how the authorities seemed particularly keen on conducting the tests even after a ban was announced, almost like a scramble for one last round of removals:
Local authorities started the testing on her in April – after an announcement in January that the ban was coming in. They completed the tests in June, at which point the law was in force. Brønlund was told three weeks before giving birth that her child would be taken away.
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