David Evans, FAS at Harvard, made me aware this
morning that PETA has a promotion going that equates
injustice to Blacks in the U.S. to animal
mistreatment.
Here is the program (apologies it is disturbing):
http://www.peta.org/AnimalLiberation/display.asp
Here is an article about it:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2124601/nav/tap1/
Everyone can draw their own conclusions; as a person
trying to work with disadvantaged youth in Oakland,
many of them Black Americans, I will say that now does
not seem to be the time for PETA to leverage the Black
experience in America to change animal treatment
practices. The imagery is powerful but not
appropriate and fair. I am for animal rights. I do
not think this exhibit is nice. If anyone has
contacts at PETA please let me know. Regards.
Perry Gregg
bengt@post.harvard.edu