Shaun King: Racism has found its way into the Cincinnati Zoo saga

[ladjf]

113. If there is anything I don't need is a lecture on racial awareness.

There is no way that you could accurately asses my attitude toward racial issues from the few comments I made regarding the Cincinnati Zoo incident.

As I told you previously, I read several accts. as I was quite interested in the case.

In my opinion, the zoo was at fault for an inadequate design and the Mother was at fault for not
watching the child closely enough. According to the accounts I read, the mother was quoted as saying that the child had more than once stated that he wanted to get into the pool where the gorillas were.
I'm a parent and if my child had stated such an intention, I most definitely taken him somewhere else.
Another thing, from the video, it never occurred to me that the child was a person of color.

I believe that you are selling a lot of white people short based on your conversations with a limited
sample of white Americans.

You have lumped me in with a group of people to which I don't belong. Presently, I care for all Americans who are being robbed by billionaires. I am sick of the brutal treatment of POC, especially young males. It is most definitely true that POC in America are being discriminated against far worse than White Americans and that must stop.

The original mistake made by the American Government was failing to specifically outlaw slavery in the Constitution. France had already outlawed slavery in the 1790's. England followed suite in the early 19th Century. Note America did outlaw the slave trade in the early 19th Century but not the ownership of slaves.

If you would like to converse with me, feel free to send me a note in my DU mailbox.
You might be interested to hear about some of the civil rights activities of my family.