A young Filipino girl sitting on a wooden bench in an enclosure in Coney Island, New York City in a horrifying 1906 ‘exhibit’.
The girl, whose name is unknown, was one of the many indigenous people taken from their homelands and displayed in exhibits such as this. They were often treated like objects, with little regard for their dignity or fundamental human rights. They were forced to perform for the entertainment of the crowds, and their cultures and customs were often misrepresented or sensationalized. She was far from home, surrounded by strangers who looked at her as curious. She was dressed in traditional clothing and made to sit on a bench for hours, with no understanding of what was happening around her.
Link: https://www.bygonely.com/young-filipino-zoo-girl/
David Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tuesday Nov. 12, 2024
On July 13, 2016, Arnold Schwarzenegger posted on his Face Book page his photo with then U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron with the comment: “Best wishes to my friend David Cameron. You are the definition of a great public servant.“
As a British-American based in California, I was involved in politics in both the U.K. and the USA, becoming a member of the Conservative Party of the U.K. in April 2015 and campaigning for David Cameron’s re-election the same year. Below is David Cameron’s email after the May 7, 2015 general election wherein he won an unexpected landslide victory.
But before I joined the U.K. Conservative Party and was involved in U.K. politics, I was quite active in American politics. Below is one of the yearly holiday greetings of then California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.