tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post890565070047475558..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Indians displayed in "human zoos"Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-58926714058765046972011-09-01T14:11:43.826-07:002011-09-01T14:11:43.826-07:00There is a fashion show in Oklahoma now being exhi...There is a fashion show in Oklahoma now being exhibited as womens fashions over the centuries from Europe and pre-"Oklahoma Territory", what ever that means, of a few Wild West Shows of the past. Its from an article in the Oklahoman, a largely conservative and pro-Anglo publication that attempts to claim strong cultural European roots of this once forced Indian reserve, it continuously reminds you of just how little it knows, and its readers know, about the lands it claims to be its "native" state.<br /><br />Anyway, I think much of the "circus" approach backfires on the alleged supremacy of white America when science and the government spends billions to try to understand native cultures only to end up back at square one being racists and ignorant as they were in the beginning.<br /><br />These "human zoos" consisted of people with sophisticated survival skills, an understanding of the environment, foods, languages, religious practices and medicines whites now adopt and try to claim as their own. Today, you can't seem to keep whites away from indigenous culture, even if they have to re-invent it in the NFL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-40009462556727103432011-08-31T13:45:16.553-07:002011-08-31T13:45:16.553-07:00Oh, it gets worse. They had this one woman from so...Oh, it gets worse. They had this one woman from southern Africa who was shown just because of her large buttocks and labia.<br /><br />Imperial decadence very quickly gets to almost Roman levels (i.e., slaves kept for entertainment).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com