Human Zoos

Question

http://es.euronews.net/2011/11/29/salvajes-y-colonialismo-en-el-museo-del-quai-branly/

Hi! I thought this exhibition seemed really interesting, I never heard of anything like this before. People in the past were kidnapped and put in Zoos so that Europeans could see what an African / American / Asian looked like .. It sounds like something from The Onion

They said that maybe a billion people visited these Zoos and that it could have an affect on our psychology to this day.

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This was still happening only 100 years ago! Near enough in the past that there are photographs! - rabbitwho, Nov 29, 2011

Wow, I never heard of this before... how horrible! I don't understand how societies could think that way of other humans, even more than a 100 years ago! I hate even seeing animals in zoos! - Gillygaloo, Nov 29, 2011

Wonderful presentation of Yurugu's psychology! - kmaakheru, Nov 29, 2011

Exactly, nowardays it's difficult to go to a zoo and see an animal behind bars without feeling sick, even when I was a child I felt that way, but in the past apparently people had no qualms about seeing fellow humans in the same situation! - rabbitwho, Nov 30, 2011

(Of course some people did, but it seems the general public did not) - rabbitwho, Nov 30, 2011

Answer 1

Just the way to learn: from our past mistakes.

Answer 2

Hello!

I have never heard about this museum, and tell the truth I was impressed...What inhuman treatment and outrageous cruelty! Instead of help, sympathy and condolence those poor people got just the obligation to entertain crowd of idlers and philistines. I will not wonder if there is such a museum nowadays. I suppose, people have not been changed a lot since, because racism is one of the most intractable problems in our contemporary society.

Welcome to the forum, :) - 00494d19, Nov 30, 2011

Very good! I hope you don't mind, I corrected your mistakes. Remember it's "What" with a noun and "how" with an adverb or adjective. E.g. "What a lovely day!" "What bad luck!" but "How terribly they treated those people!" "How awful!" - rabbitwho, Nov 30, 2011