The Grant story caught on in part because it highlighted what is anachronistic about zoos
although it isn't from a scholarly source or anything, I find this deduction very persuasive.
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- Nov 2015
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nymag.com nymag.com
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Grant once exhibited a human pygmy named Ota Benga at the Zoo; crowds of 40,000 greeted Ota Benga by jeering and poking him; eventually, he committed suicide.
I found an article and story that goes with this if anyone is interested in hating humanity today:
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- Oct 2015
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medium.com medium.com
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But the internet isn’t just serving the existing middle class — it’s expanding it.
subclaim? evidence?
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