Chinese Museum Pulls Exhibit Comparing Animals to Black People
Mr. Wang said many Chinese people relate to their animal familiars assigned by the Chinese zodiac and "in Chinese proverbs, animals are always used for admiration and compliment." Once it was brought to his attention, Mr. Wang said,
that "putting the photos of African tribespeople and animals together hurt the feelings of the African tribespeople," and to "show respect for our African friends’ opinions," the offending pictures were removed.
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN and ADAM WU OCT. 13, 2017
HONG KONG — A museum in China this week removed a photography exhibit, which juxtaposed images of
wild African animals with black African people, after complaints that the display was racist.
pictures of a particular race next to wild animals why?" A Chinese user of Weibo, a popular
blogging platform, said she was blown away by the photos in that section. that put
Wang said that The target of the exhibition is mainly a Chinese audience,
Ailuxixi wrote that When Yu Huiping’s photos were projected on the big screen,
I was shocked by the children’s gaze and the primal state of the animals,
A curator at the exhibit, Wang Yuejun, said the decision to hang the photos of people and animals together was his own idea, and not that of Mr. Yu.