In the 1950s Inuit children in Greenland were taken from their families to be re-educated as model Danish citizens. More than 60 years later, they want the Danish government to apologise for an experiment that did enormous damage. ‘It was a summery day, when two grand Danish gentlemen came to our house in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. They had an interpreter with them. Me and my older sister were told to go outside while mum spoke to them. They asked my mum to send me to Denmark to learn Danish and get a good education. They said it was a great chance for me. My mum said, 'No,' to them twice. But they kept pushing her and it was in the days when Greenland was a Danish colony and the colonial masters - 'masters' in the worst sense of the word - controlled everything. You didn't contradict a Dane. My mother sent me.’ The experience had long-term negative consequences for many. To read the whole story click the ‘more’  link below.