Human Zoos

In the late 19th and early 20th Century, a disturbing trend began to take hold, a number of African or southeast Asian people were displayed as one displays animals in zoos. These “Human Zoos” became increasingly popular.

[fireraid]

I find it amazing that someone who named their channel disturban actually has one of the greatest outlooks on humanity one can have.

[Steppenwolf.]

One often forgets how inhumane the turn to the 20th century really was.

[starrygutter]

Everything about this is horrific but the story of Ota Benga is especially devastating. He deserved so much better.

[grimtea]

You should cover:
-New Mexico Prison Riot of 1980
-Mapiripan Massacre 1997
-R*pe of Belgium
-HMS Jersey in US Revolution
-Andersonville Prison
-Horrors of Reinhard Heydrich
-Fate of Romans in Teutoburg
-Stalin's "Doctor plot"
-Battle of Manila 1945
-Reconcentrados in Philippines
-Crimes of Pinochet
-Karen Conflict in Myanmar
-Rohingya Genocide in Myanmar
-Horrific weapons of war: Flamethrowers
-The Long March/China Civ.War
-Horrors of Boko Haram
-W.Punishment: KeelHauling
-Remaining MIA in Vietnam
-King Philip's War
-Art of Zdzisław Beksiński
-Blood Diamonds
-Murder of Barry Seale
-The Horrors of Lavrentiy Baria
-Attica Prison Riot
-worst gulags
-1985 MOVE bombing
-Lynchings
-The Man from the Train Killings
-Trench life WW1
-The Assassination of Malcolm X
-Palestine/Israel Conflicts
-The Unabomber
-Laos during Vietnam War
-Plan Verde
-Horrors of Saddam Hussein
-Black Wall Street 1921 Bombings
-Crimes of Tommy Desimone
-The Arab Spring in Libya
-Volhynian Slaughter
-Chattahoochee Brick Company
-Wounded Knee Massacre
-The Crimes of Bela Kiss
-Japanese Hell Ships
-Horrific Weapons of War: IEDs
-Long March of the Navajo
-Beslan School Seige
-The murder of Kiki Camarena
-Napoleon's Invasion of Russia
-Killing of Buddy Lamont
-Debt peonage in Southern US
-Convict Leasing in Southern US
-The Return of the KKK (1920s)
-North Korean famine in the 1990s
-Blood Atonement in LDS Church
-Declaration of Facts (Jehohav Witnesses)
-Murder of Ruthie McCoy (Chicago)
-Congo Wars
-Crimes of Champ Ferguson
-The Killing of Buffalo in the American West
-Verdun/Passchendale/Somme
-Gallipoli Campaign
-Zeppelin Crews in WW1
-Battle of Blair Mountain
-Ludlow Massacre
-Horrific Tactics: Banzai Charges
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-Battle of Belleau Wood
-Cult of Adolfo Constanzo
-Fall of Kabul
-Crimes of Kurt Franz
-Chinese Famine of 1906-1907
-Horr Weapon of war: White Phosphorus
-Pig Basket Atrocities
-Charles Whitman
-2021 Ecuadorian Prison Riots (2 soon?)
-Fall of Sukhumi/Sukhumi Massacre

[The_Ground]

One human zoo you could have covered was the one in Japan during WW2. The pilots they captured were stripped down naked and made into a human zoo. One of the most monstrous acts that happened to the pows. Mark Felton has a video on the subject it was unreal of how the civilians were okay with this.

[PeterGriffin]

They were capturing natives, killing their families and keeping them in zoo's to gawk & laugh at and not once did they think "maybe were the savages". The hypocrisy levels are through the roof with those people.

[Imaslutforpuns]

History is horrifying, but we must learn history to prevent it from repeating again

[senpaiofsorrow]

Clicked on the video as soon as I saw the thumbnail. I'm not from Congo, but tooth sharpening was a common rite of passage for boys once they reached puberty. It was excruciating and painkillers didn't exist at the time, so those who were able to go through with it were considered "real men" and got all the attention from the ladies

Edit: so the Europeans were terrified of the sharpened teeth. It reinforced their images of Africans being ruthless, savage cannibals, wild and uncivilized. Also, the early settlers wanted to make the place look as friendly as possible so that more Europeans would be encourage to settle there, so they "encouraged" some early missionaries to speak against the practice, calling it heathen and grouping it with idol worship and ancestral veneration. A lot of early Christian converts had their teeth knocked out as a result. A few, like those who learnt enough English to become translators, had their teeth capped....it looked better to the Europeans than having a toothless smile. And that was how tooth filing and a lot of other customs slowly disappeared in our tribe.

[rejavenated]

As a black man that has always had a fondness for history, mostly that in relations to black people - this video, couldn’t have been explained any better, Disturban.

Human beings could be so cruel to each other, and though I am glad of the progress we’ve made, thus far, stories as this hurts. Especially knowing this isn’t too far in the past and still has its thread woven into society as it is today.

Much props to you, Disturban!

[Yummycheezes]

The story of Benga was so sad to hear it brought me to tears. He was treated so horribly and when I heard he took his own life I was even more sad. May he Rest In Peace.

[pchii_]

It's devastating that Ota Benga was held at the Bronx Zoo. I live in NYC and I've gone there so many times with family and as a child and idk, the animals seem so miserable... I couldn't even imagine what it was like for a person there. He should have been home. Zoos in general aren't my favorite but this in particular it really makes me shudder..

[Iamyl]

“We think we are worthy of being considered human.” That line broke my heart, I wish I could tell everyone of them they are worthy just like everyone else. Our differences are what make human beings so beautiful but also what drives some of us to harm and treat others poorly. This breaks my heart but it is an important lesson to the future of humanity so that we will never repeat these inhumane acts to another human being ever again.

[bostonsandatot]

Disturban, thank you for your compassion towards the victims in these videos.

[Grave_of_the_sea]

Human Zoos are such a dystopian concept to me

[rebepicc]

i was never taught about this in school. thank you for talking about this and all of the other history stuff on your channel :)

[ImAtYourMumsHouse]

The history of racism is its own genre of horror. Chills me to the bone, and so depressing.

[seandelap]

The entire world could be considered a human zoo at this point

[maritaxi]

I just love how you didn't put "The Disturbing History of"... before the title of this video. The name and idea is disturbing itself and should never be seen as anything otherwise.

[puffs]

The dehumanization of the HUMAN soul absolutely knows no bounds. Thank you for the education you divulge to all of humanity!

[mase-b]

To put it in perspective, human zoos were still around AFTER my grandmother was born (1950)