In recent weeks, revelations that both Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania used the bones of teenaged victims of the city of Philadelphia’s bombing of a house in 1985 have shook the world outside of college forensic anthropology. But inside those worlds? It’s not a surprise that the bones of Black children would be used for teaching. “Museums and universities’ brutal habit of collecting human remains without family consent, proper identification, or public knowledge is far from a relic of the 19th century.” – Slate
