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> Unethical Treatment of Humans
> PETA display draws hostility; condiments thrown
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> Story by Andrew R. Quinio
> Posted March 23rd, 2006
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> PETA display comparing animal treatment to lynching
> by Andrew R. Quinio
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> PETA display comparing animal treatment to slavery
> by Andrew R. Quinio
>
> A member of PETA wipes off ketchup and mustard thrown on the
> display earlier by Andrew R. Quinio
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> Students from PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals,
> drew an angry crowd on Sproul after displaying images that
> compared animal treatment to the lynching and enslavement of
> black Americans. About a dozen Berkeley students furiously
> engaged the PETA members, accusing the animal rights group of
> racism. The situation intensified when one member of the crowd
> threw ketchup and mustard on the PETA display and another tore
> down part of the exhibit.
>
> One image presented by PETA featured a chained elephant foot
> juxtaposed with the chained foot of a slave. Another showed
> black individuals hanging from a tree by their necks contrasted
> with the image of a cow being hung by its hind legs. Several
> black students shouted down the PETA students and called for the
> display to be taken down. One student who was upset by PETA's
> comparison of slavery to animal mistreatment shouted amid tears,
> "I'm not trying to say that people should eat meat. I understand
> you, but the way you're depicting our history, the way you are
> depicting the things that happened to us, the thing that
> happened to our ancestors, it's not ok, it's not ok!"
>
> Another student, identified as Autumn by her peers, tore down
> one of the images in a fit of rage. Dominique Nisperos, a third
> year Cal student, was also upset by PETA's display and argued
> with one of the group's members. When asked if tearing down the
> display was appropriate on a campus that touts its free speech
> history, Nisperos responded, "I can see why they did it." She
> added that bringing up the free speech issue "isn't getting to
> the root of the problem. The means at expressing [PETA's]
> message was racist." Veronica Nisperos, a Berkeley student also
> incensed by the exhibit, stated that the group did have a point,
> but the way in which they made it, "created opposition among
> people who should be allies."
>
> Sengeeta Kumar, who led the PETA group, was surprised to have
> encountered such a reaction at UC Berkeley. "I was really hoping
> that people would think critically.it became very emotional and
> almost dangerous in the sense that people were threatening and
> pulling things down and it just became unsafe," she said. Kumar
> noted that her group has taken the exhibit to 13 different
> schools and never faced a hostile reaction.
>
> PETA eventually gave into the pressure and dismantled their
> display. Kumar expressed disappointment in her organization's
> inability to get their message across. "When emotions are risen,
> people can be closed to dialogue." She added, "We are all part
> of oppression, of beings who can't speak for themselves. Animals
> are enslaved in our hands. This exhibit isn't about demeaning
> any people, it about uplifting humanity."
>
> PETA members spent the rest of the afternoon wiping off the
> ketchup and mustard that was sprayed on their display.
>
> Video 1: An unidentified student shouts down a PETA member.
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> Video 2: A student identified as Autumn by her peers is calmed
> down after tearing down a PETA display.
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> Video 3: Unidentified student explains the ketchup throwing
> incident.
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It doesn't take a yahoogroup to undersatand that PETA are dangerous
nutballs.