Human Zoos (foto YouTube) Prijzen (foto YouTube) Ad for A Carl Hagenbeck show (1886) Ota Benga, A human exhibit, in 1906, age 23 years, height, 4 feet 11 inches (150 cm.), weight 103 pounds (47 kg.), brought from the Kasai River, Congo Free State, South Central Africa, by Dr Samuel P Verner, exhibited each afternoon during September – according to A sign outside the primate house at the Bronx Zoo (foto Wikipedia) Playbill for an exhibition of “Aztec Lilliputians” in London in 1855; these were native Meso Americans with microcephaly and dwarfism (foto Wikipedia) Human Zoos, America s Forgotten History of Scientific Racism Published on 17 feb. 2019 Human Zoos tells the shocking story of how thousands of indigenous peoples were put on public display in America in the early decades of the twentieth century. “A racially charged story that will mesmerize you (…)” Oregon Documentary Film Festival 👉 Subscribe to our channel https://www.YouTube.com/user/DiscoveryScienceNews Often touted as “missing links” between man and apes, these native peoples were harassed and demeaned. Their public display was arranged with the enthusiastic support of the most elite members of the scientific community, and it was promoted uncritically by American’s leading newspapers. This award winning … Meer lezen over Discovery Science – Human Zoos, America s Forgotten History of Scientific Racism