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In reply to the discussion: Shaun King: Racism has found its way into the Cincinnati Zoo saga [View all]7962
(11,841 posts)This is a guy who WANTS to find racism everywhere, so therefore he WILL find it. I've seen the uproar over this gorilla play out on FB and other places, and the main focus has been on the gorilla & why wasnt he tranquilized. A lot of basic criticism of the parents as well, but I never knew their race until THIS guy points it out.
I seem to remember the "affluenza" family getting blasted pretty good as well as many others who were white, because race isnt the driving factor, incompetence is. He mentions the people who got in the tiger display; people DID blast those folks. As well as the guy just a week ago who jumped naked into another tiger pit.
My thoughts on this gorilla deal, no one knows how the kid got away from the mom. Theres no film. A kid can slip away in a second.
If they dont shoot the gorilla quick enough & he slams the kid to death, King would be writing that the zoo didnt act quickly enough because the kid was black
Because thats what he does. And thats why many REAL activists have pushed away from him.