6/29/2023 0 Comments The Zoo by Stephen Black![]() ![]() Specifically, we denounce the eugenics-based, pseudoscientific racism, writings, and philosophies advanced by many people during that era, including two of our founders, Madison Grant and Henry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. It’s commendable, too, that they admit the role of “pseudoscientific racism” and eugenics in the story of Ota Benga, his humiliation and dehumanization. We’re supposed to believe it was sheer coincidence, the 125th anniversary of the zoo’s opening combined with Black Lives Matter protests, that prompted them to start “digging into” the zoo’s history. ![]() Samper said that process, combined with conversations about racial injustice sweeping the country after the police killing of George Floyd, prompted the apology.ĭid the impact of the multiple awards-winning documentary Human Zoos, by Discovery Institute’s John West, now with 2.5 million views and powerfully documenting the horrific episode and others like it, play any role? They don’t say. The chief executive of the, Cristián Samper, told the Times that the group had started digging into its history because of its 125th anniversary this year. But first, why did they choose this moment? From Fox News: ![]() Photo: Bronx Zoo, Monkey House, by Antigng / CC BY-SA ().īetter late than never, the Bronx Zoo yesterday apologized for imprisoning an African Pygmy, Ota Benga, as a display in its Monkey House in 1906. ![]()
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