09/23/2025
I have a list of 92 topics for Woke Walk videos, if I dont count the box of index cards and Post-its sticking out of books and pencil notes all over pages. Not to mention the ideas my followers are always sending me.
Why TF are White people such complete a$$holes? There was no before racism in this country and there is, apparently no end.
I honestly didn't know 75% of the stuff I talk about until this surprise plunge into anti-racism influencerhood. Sometimes I know an overview of a story but usually not. I thought I would do this for a few months and run out of material. But my list just gets longer and longer.
When you see a Black person, please be kind to them. If they act defensive, just suck it up and keep being kind, and go on your way, understanding that they may live waiting for the next shoe to drop. A white shoe. And it goes back to before America was a country. And people who look like me do that to them, and it breaks my heart.
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Quick Take
In 1906 the Bronx Zoo displayed Ota Benga, born Mbenga of the Mbuti people, in the Monkey House. He was forced into a cage by day, released at night, and later ended his own life.
References
Bradford and Blume, Ota Benga: The Pygmy in the Zoo
Joy DeGruy, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
New York Times Archives, “The Pygmy at the Zoo” (1906)
Pamela Newkirk, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga
Smithsonian Magazine, “The Tragic Life of Ota Benga”
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