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Did you know that Europeans paraded Africans as animals in “human zoos”?
“Human zoos (also called ethnological expositions or Negro Villages) were 19th- and 20th-century public exhibits of humans, usually in a so-called natural or primitive state. The displays often emphasized the cultural differences between Europeans of Western civilization and non-European peoples. Ethnographic zoos were often predicated on unilinealism, scientific racism and social Darwinism. A number of them placed indigenous people (particularly Africans) in a continuum somewhere between the great apes and humans of European descent. Ethnographic zoos have since been criticized as highly degrading and racist”.
“Human zoos (also called ethnological expositions or Negro Villages) were 19th- and 20th-century public exhibits of humans, usually in a so-called natural or primitive state. The displays often emphasized the cultural differences between Europeans of Western civilization and non-European peoples. Ethnographic zoos were often predicated on unilinealism, scientific racism and social Darwinism. A number of them placed indigenous people (particularly Africans) in a continuum somewhere between the great apes and humans of European descent. Ethnographic zoos have since been criticized as highly degrading and racist”.
We should never
forget out history, lest what happened to our ancestors happens to our
grandchildren. So many of our people do not understand how naive they
are when they dismiss Black consciousness and African nationality as
irrelevant; claiming that racism and colonialism are dead and buried.
They fail to appreciate the complexity and evil behind the phenomenon of
racism and colonialism. Any normal human behavior is hard to the brink
of impossible to discontinue: it is at our peril if we like to imagine
that racism and destruction of African people are a things of the past.
If you look closely at the entertainment and movie industries you will see that Africans are still “paraded” as animals. The human zoos are gone and abolished but the forces behind the zoos are still at large and unleashing more destructive programs to the unsuspecting African people.
If you look closely at the entertainment and movie industries you will see that Africans are still “paraded” as animals. The human zoos are gone and abolished but the forces behind the zoos are still at large and unleashing more destructive programs to the unsuspecting African people.
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