NY's zoo apologizes 114 years ago black man displayed in monkey and ori August 1 5:37
A zoo in New York City saw a black man from Africa with a monkey 114 years ago while a protest demonstration against racism continued in the United States after a black man was suppressed by a white police officer and died I apologized that I was exhibiting in.
This was announced on the website of the Bronx Zoo in New York City on July 29th.
According to that, over the days of September 1906, a black man from the present Democratic Republic of the Congo was on display in the cage along with monkeys.
Afterwards, a local black man protested at the zoo and the man was taken to the facility, but 10 years later he was killed himself.
The Bronx Zoo's governing body has decided to look back on the zoo's history and apologize, as protests against racism continue throughout the United States.
The operating organization commented, "For a long time, many people have been hurt by not admitting mistakes, and I deeply regret it." I am.