Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Quai Branly Museum in Paris exhibition displays the disturbing history of human zoos

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Global Bronzevillian news: Quai Branly Museum in Paris exhibition displays the disturbing history of human zoos
Former French international football player Lilian Thuram, answers reporter during an interview with the Associated Press, on the eve of the opening of a a new exhibition at the Quai Branly museum in Paris. Until less than a century ago, white people regularly put Africans, native Americans or Pacific islanders on display in circuses, expositions and shows. A new Paris exhibit, curated by former football star and anti-racism advocate Lilian Thuram, examines how this demeaning colonial-era tradition shaped attitudes that still linger today. AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere.
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