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This African girl was exhibited in a human zoo in Brussels, Belgium, in 1958.
Indigenous Filipinos in Coney Island Human Zoo
in 1905 an American showman named Truman Hunt persuaded 50 members of the Bontoc Igorrote tribe to leave their homes in the far north of the Philippines and travel with him to America. He took them to Coney Island and instructed them to put on a “tribal show.”
Indigenous people are shown participating in archery in 1904 in St Louis at an event whites organized called the “Savage Olympics Exhibition.”
Wilhelm II, German Emperor visiting the Hagenbeckschen Tierpark zoo in Stellingen near Hamburg.
Belgium: Liège (1905)
Ota Benga, a Congolese pygmy was displayed at the Bronx Zoo in New York City in 1906, and was forced to carry around orangutans and other apes while he was exhibited alongside them.
ImSoRonery
we're a shitty race.
ImRandyMarsh
I ignorantly didn't even know this was a thing. Thank you for educating my dumb ass
nervousdoggo
TheElusiveEnchilada
Didn't the Dutch wreak havoc trying to colonize south Africa in the early 20th century? And the British before them?
BenjaminGiddens
No wonder my grandfather is so wack. He was raised around this
littlemirrorsatourfeet
Ota killed himself shortly after being released
foxyfaice
Love how the rich black people are watching in #5
Barnicals
Ninteen-fucking-fifty eight. My mother was three.
rusty6899
So was mine
Jaron58
Hentaii
stumblingaroundinthedark
People are bastards.
Goodwolf
Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling.
ashipthatshipsshippingships
Humans suck ass sometimes. Sometimes literally, sometimes figuratively.
Greeneyeddevil
These are awful, all of them. But that poor little baby girl in the first pick. Fuck.
marcenem
Even after seeing stuff like this, people are still ask what black people are so mad about. I hate American history. # humans suck
DaedaIus
You Americans traded my ancestor's kin as slaves, then discriminated against them massively. It's in the past, both groups need to move on.
AlphaQueueBeta
2016 doesn't seem so bad now, does it?
safetcup
Canadians Quintuplets Dionne Girls
Datzjose
I don't know if I should up vote for awareness or down vote because of disgust.
NathanielJWilson
#1 was 1958!?
LeonQuin87
I think it was for a world expo.
Mallepalli
The case in 1958 was an example of a Congolese village set up for the World Exhibition, not a human zoo in the same sense. Cont.
JohnnyricoMC
This needs to be higher. This shit gets reposted every so often without ever showing any regard for context.
aPokal
So it was closer to this middle age open air museum villages?
Mallepalli
Also, hundreds of Congolese were invited to Brussels to attend the Expo as visitors. Source: David Van Reybrouck - Congo, The Epic History..
hailpotato
Also, these were staged according to westerner's idea how the "savages" lived. They did not bother with the accurate representation.
hailpotato
2/2 they were a regular thing at the great world exhibitions (end 19th/beginning 20th c), a display of collonial wealth.
puckernuts1975
Is this when america was great that the trump supporters keep talking about?
justvenomcake
Going to be honest, I'd like to see this, just to see how a tribal society functions.
userhoagie
Another pic of Ota Benga http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/30/article-1224189-06EF1AFB000005DC-517_468x312.jpg
userhoagie
1958!?
Tempcore
The world expo of 1958, a display of a Congolese village. These people weren't captives or slaves but volunteers... Quite misleading post.
Spaid47Trey57
Although, Human zoos did in fact exist back then.
DaedaIus
But clearly, since those people aren't white, they can't be held responsible for volunteering. Stop using white devil logic.
Tempcore
It's probably my lack of english but i honestly can't tell if you're saying that to me or not... Are you calling me racist? :D
DaedaIus
Hard to convey sarcasm on the internet. I'm mainly mocking people who are outraged over every little thing.
Tempcore
Oh, yeah that is the sad part about this whole post really. People being outraged over 100 year old facts that don't concern them at all
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DaedaIus
I went to a fair a couple of weeks ago, people were performing on display next to animals.
Tempcore
It wasn't next to animals lol, it's not a zoo. Grow up and stop being overly sensitive for nothing.
HookerinaHandbasket
It's funny because now racism is much more low key
Rin007
I think this one was also Rich vs. Poor as can be seen by the rich Africans in the second to last picture. Go slaves.
bringingclawstoagunfight
Except at Trump rallies
MilanDarlingRoma
I laughed at that ????
BladesOfGloryHole
I have an ideas. Let's put fences around the politicians and watch those fuckers throw shit at each other.
thiscanadianiswearingnopants
*idea
minivanracer
I mean we pretty much do that now.
Glasgow351
It'll be yuuuuge!
BladesOfGloryHole
*idea
thiscanadianiswearingnopants
*idea
thiscanadianiswearingnopants
*idea
TheSaintMunich
We call it the 'Two politicians, one cup.' Exhibit
erock111
Lets make politicians great again! Build the wall they have to pay for it!
thiscanadianiswearingnopants
*idea
thiscanadianiswearingnopants
*idea
thiscanadianiswearingnopants
*idea
jeamidwest
Now we have webcams and reality TV.
carebearsandstares
People watching is common, a lot of people will sit alone in restaurants, public just to listen to listen to other peoples conversations.
carebearsandstares
Personally I think its creepy AF. Because you know what they're doing, but seems to be a thing.
ifucktrees
Big shitty Brother
IWantToMakeCrazyScienceWithYou
If you're a fan, you know it's going to trashy and shitty but that why you come back every damn summer.
TheScientistFormerlyKnownAsRick
You sort of accept the death of television. After you do, you get cold, then warm, then nothing. It's not so bad.
Anfalicious
And cheap air travel and "voluntourism"
Jrhoney
Was ist voluntourism?
aPokal
Es wenn du deinen Katastrophen Tourismus Urlaub verlängerst um zu "helfen".
peediepixie
Quite often tasks that looks meaningful are done,but locals come along in your absence to redo your work eg buildings are rebuilt at night.
Anfalicious
I've heard of that. They'd build a wall during the day, at night someone would come in, take it down, and do it right.
Anfalicious
Where you go an "help" in third world countries. If you don't have a proper skill like doctor or builder then you're just in the way.
TheMightyWitcher
Even the builder one often takes jobs away from the local labour market iirc
Anfalicious
Yep. It can depend. I know a group of vets that went to Viet Nam and built a generator building, paying for all the supplies.
gimmesympathy
I teach English :P
Anfalicious
Depending on the where's and the how's that's OK. It's a skill. It's 20 year olds "building" villages thats the big problem.
Hexaprotodon
Only few decades back and we were like animals...
LeCacty
Well we are...
Hulagirl01
Animals wouldn't do that to other animals.
AnnaGalesz
You just offended the animals. The animals don't do awful things like people do.
JustAMinnesotaImguy
Imagine what people in 2100 are going to think of the way we were treating eachother. I wonder which topics will come up.
ITalkAboutGoats
Gay rights, inevitably.
DaedaIus
I don't know, pro-eugenics was the big rage in the 30s, and now look at it.
moxymox
"Why is everyone saying 'savage' and 'brutal' at kittens fighting yarn?"
Dramacian
I don't really think 2100 to be really different. Teh indeed. Wars/slavery/poverty etc. will still be present. Unless aliens arrive.
iHveNoCleverName
Not if we build a wall around the earth and make the aliens pay for it.
Dramacian
;) There is almost one with all the debris floating around.
iHveNoCleverName
????
cpnbeeb
We still are.
moxymox
MRW I stumbled into the edgiest thread in school
IAmTheUnpopularOpinion
Yes, we will literally always be animals
ArtOfKarolMichalec
He said "like animals" as in no morals or ethic. And yeah we are of animal kingdom.
APersonWhoUsesImgur
Like just means having same properties. Something is always like itself. Humans are animals. Therefore humans are like animals. QED
Hexaprotodon
You're right, unfortuantely
LeCacty
No, i mean we literally are
yesthisisturbo
Obviously humans aren't animals from the downvotes!
yesthisisturbo
We ARE animals. Always will be. Geez.
ILikeToCallItLostWages
Love all the people realizing that how near 1958 was and how shitty things have been for people of color.
pineconeahead
This is blowing my mind right now. It's kind of awesome, I feel like I'm witnessing progress.
Tempcore
Except it wasn't a human zoo, but a display at the World Expo, it's not like these people were captives or slaves.
Spaid47Trey57
Would just like to point out that human zoos existed back then too, and colored people were kept in them.
ILikeToCallItLostWages
Does that make it better that humans were paraded around like some sort of exotic creature inside an enclosure?
Tempcore
They were paid entertainers, free to go as they pleased.
ILikeToCallItLostWages
Nothing I've ever read about these has ever mentioned them being paid. Digging more right now to check. Would love to see what you've seen
Tempcore
I did in fact try to find sources but all you can find online are discussions about how racist it is. I'm Belgian so i saw it in school.
Attaroo
I used to like people then people ruin that for me.
parker52
ruined*
ImgurrrrUser
I'm not the only one! Yes!! Sometimes,I love ppl and then they ruin that and then again it starts over and over and over again
Amesus
http://imgur.com/da8NM0A
buzzkillington1
This and animal cruelty!
FatThor89
That's a wonderful quote. Is that an original Attaroo quite?
keenidiot
People are shit. But persons can be pretty cool.
loki747
Poetic.
Machiavellianism
Yeah you should be,your ancestor might rape or kill someone from another tribe 100000 year ago. (I belive my ancestor dis that too)
Scorchedurth
Nah, like humanity, but always be wary of people.
keenidiot
Alternatively, it's easy to see the 100s of assholes, but hard to see the millions who read their kids a bedtime story after a bad days work
theluckysuccess
As a black man
RememberTheCoop
You have very nice hair!
dianasbananas
that's a white woman
Machiavellianism
Rashida jones......
birds1
ARE YOU ASSUMING HER GENDER!
PluckyPlankton
You're a white woman
Chadodius
Don't let the past ruin today, people were shit then. Some are still shit today, think how far we have come from being giant assholes.
fistermatic5000
I agree except you can't really judge the past by today's standards(I know cliché). People really thought they were slightly better animal
iDrinkDrano
Now we are small, efficient assholes
ThundaTundraRumbla
Gluten free also....can't forget about the gluten
stevecareII
#1 is from 1958?? Wtf
ruvalo
JoshuaMadoc
You've no idea how bad Australia was in the 70s, mate
TheShadowsLengthen
I may be late to the party, but the link in reply to this post says that they were paid entertainers, free to go when not working. Not sure.
TheShadowsLengthen
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/44qfpm/z/czs97bw?st=isnus25t&sh=ac1740f3
NotACanadian
This surprises you?
2pillows
I'd thought the most radical racist ideas had lost favor after ww2, so that was surprising to me
NotACanadian
You've got a bit of historical catching up to do. Segregation and apartheid and whatnot.
2pillows
Of course all that happened, and it was terrible, but discovering the Holocaust destroyed a lot of support for eugenics and a "master race".
NotACanadian
Not all at once.
sspen
Maybe it's a typo. That's a very poor quality photo.
Tempcore
It's from the World Expo of 1958, not really a human zoo... (i'm Belgian)
scratchimo1
Na it's correct. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_zoo
sspen
Wow, that's almost hard to believe. People can be huge jerks.
Spicytomataw
Jerks? This is barbaric
DaedaIus
This is pretty much TLC
chewbaccamegatron
A shameful part of my country's history (Aus) is that aboriginals were still considered a part of flora and fauna until a 1967 referendum.
scratchimo1
Fuck that was such a short time ago. Belgian colonies in africa were notoriously some of the worst (see the Congo).
snakeoilsalesman
If you don’t reach your rubber quota then the machete takes your arm... And we called them Savage.
eroso
Don't forget the raping and impaling for fun part.
JaimeLannistersRightHand
Yeeeeaaaah... We aren't too proud of that... We done fucked them up...
elucidatefurther
The Belgian Congo was one of humanity's darkest, most horrifying lows.
Rinshu
You just saw the new Tarzan movie didn't you?
CharlesMontoni
The horror, the horror.
notthepuppies
Then there is the clusterfuck they created and left in Rwanda resulting in the genocide.
ianb93
Very few people acknowledge that it was the Belgians who created the hutus and totsies
wheresthebaby
They did plant the seeds n when they left, their ideas remained n it went all to shite
hardboiledfrog
Heart of Darkness
LooseyGooseyBrett
The black population hasn't been civilized very long. As shitty as that sounds.
djeekay
It's a little known fact that the ancient Kushites were white. Or you're just a dumbass, whatever...
LooseyGooseyBrett
White isn't black, or maybe you are a blind dumbass
djeekay
The kingdom of Kush was a Nubian civilisation, contemporary with ancient Egypt. Black civilisation, older than any white one. Dumbass.
scratchimo1
So putting them in zoos civilized them? I'm confused...
CorneliusCardew
Look up ancient Nubia
LooseyGooseyBrett
People from nubia weren't blacj
CorneliusCardew
You retarded?
EnivrezVousDeVin
Ummm RWANDA??!! The Rwandan genocide that killed like 500,000 people in a week... Thx Belgium.
thirdworldrepresent
this is ethnocentric shit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintin_in_the_Congo
ChicagoStyleDotHog
Read King Leopold's Ghost. Horrifying.
USSAud
I'm reading it right now and was going to recommend the read.
BranOfTheNorth
Sad doot
D1gger
Blame their crazy ass king at the time
ASwarmOfAfricanizedBees
Blame the countless people that enforced his system, and all the systems like it, without ever batting an eye.
scratchimo1
Yeah Leopold was a shitbag. But still, not really an aberration of European thought at the time
D1gger
I dunno, I wouldn't consider him average. But his peers were far from goos
D1gger
Dammit. good*
briarios3000
I suppose it was a paradise before they arrived?
scratchimo1
what are you trying to say? Rape, forced labor, maiming, etc were all enforced on systematic level for the production of European 1/2
scratchimo1
commodities. Are you saying that was good for them? Was putting them in zoos good for them?
briarios3000
Sorry to rustle your orthodoxy, but my point stands--The Kingdom of Kongo was as savage as any of that. Slavery was rampant.
briarios3000
I'm asking a question: was it better there before the Belgians arrived, or worse, or the same? I doubt you know tho
ChicagoStyleDotHog
It was better before the Belgians. The conservative death count of the exploitation by Leopold is estimated at 5+ milion.
briarios3000
And what was the death count of Kongdom of Kongo wars of conquest and succession pre-15th century?
CreasedDenim
Just because a culture is different from your own does not make it inferior.
kimilsungandfriends
In all honesty some cultures are superior to others
briarios3000
Actually i was posing the question about whether the natives were already behaving just as badly before Belgians arrived.
CreasedDenim
So you're implying that that there is a scenario that would justify these atrocities?
briarios3000
Nope you're putting words in my mouth.
briarios3000
Not at all. I'm suggesting that it was already a mess, like most places were and are.