Sunday, August 06, 2006

Ota Bengo

New York Times featured a photo story of Ota Bengo, the Congolese pygmy that was once exhibited with an orangutan at the Bronx Zoo. It is shocking how blatant the scientific racists were merely 100 years ago. More information on him at wikipedia.
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1 comment:

  1. Z8:31 PM

    now that sounds like a king kong story to me. Neverthelss it's an untainted decent death.

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