Ignorant Anthropologists? Or Political Correctness?
I have great respect for the science of anthropology but recently I came across two representations which made me question both motives and the qualifications of those anthropologists who were involved. First, there was a documentary concerning the Taino Indians of the Caribbean. I began watching the show with great interest when suddenly I noticed that most of the Tainos were represented as Black Africans. This of course distracted me considerably since it's common knowledge that the Tainos were of Asiatic origin.
Again, just recently, I was watching another show concerning Jesus' family members. Here we had Joseph and Mary some of Jesus brothers and one of his sisters represented as black Africans. Again a distraction and an inaccuracy. Now please understand that if this was true, I wouldn't mind. But it isn't anthropologically accurate. Why do these scientists choose to do this?