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Black Twitter Drags NY Times Writer for Comparing Saartjie Baartman “Hottentot Venus” to Kim Kardashian

This past Tuesday, the New York Times found itself in hot water concerning a review of an Off-Broadway play. Ben Bartley wrote an insensitive description of Saartjie Baartman, the African slave woman Venus is centered around. The play by Suzan-Lori Parks details the real life exploitation of Baartman, who was forced to participate in European…

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