The goodie bag from hell at the SF Zoo [View All]

[Liberal_in_LA]

click on the link to see a pic of the cards included in the goodie bag. The 'old maid' cards included a 'jim crow' card and a card with an actual pic of what was considered an 'old maid' back inthe day - lady with cat.

The goodie bag from hell at the SF Zoo

We got these "Old Maid" cards as part of the party favor package provided by the San Francisco Zoo -- a package that included stickers, a pencil, a pad of paper and some other animal-themed ... stuff.

Now, I admit that the zoo birthday party sounds appealing. You provide the money, and the zoo provides the rest -- everything from pizza to cake to party favors. You basically show up and they throw you a party. Awesome.

My only problem is the "Old Maid" party favor. We've talked before about the evils of the goodie bag, but this one truly takes the cake.

If the zoo is going to lock parents into a special birthday package and not permit them to hand out their own favors, the least the place could do is make sure the toy giveaways aren't racist throwbacks from a sad era. Did no one at the zoo even look at this game? Or if they did look, did they simply not care?


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