Talk:Thor Heyerdahl/Alleged racist content
Several scholars have commented on what historian Axel Andersson calls Heyerdah's "racist message". [1] A review by anthropologist Edward Norbeck in the journal 'American Antiquity of American Indians in the Pacific said "It will be difficult for many persons to avoid reading racism from this work." [2] In The Statues That Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island the authors refer to the racist assumptions behind Heyerdahl's claim that the Incans who he said colonised Rapa Nui were in fact "ultimately the descendants of colonists with European origins who taught Native Americans the secrets of "advanced cultures"." [3]
- ^ Andersson, Axel (2010). A Hero for the Atomic Age: Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Expedition. Peter Lang. p. 6. ISBN 978-1906165314.
- ^ Norbeck, Edward (1953). "Review of American Indians in the Pacific". American Antiquity. 19 (1): 92–94.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Hunt, Terry (2011). The Statues That Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island. Free Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-1439150313.
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