Friday, February 4, 2011
Jenny Huot Post 2
I think one to the things that astounded me the most while watching the documentary in class about Sarah Baartman was the trouble the South African government was having trying to get her remains back from France. The fact that she had died in 1815 and was still on display and being exploited into the 1990's was shocking. What claim did the French government have to her body, and why did they think they had the right to deny her the respectful treatment she deserved after a life of being poked and mistreated for years?
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You raise some very important questions here, Jenny. What do you or others think in response? It is even more disturbing that the anatomical jars containing her remains were allegedly lost or misplaced. It seems to reinforce the fact of Baartman being seen as an object or an exhibit as opposed to a fully realized person.
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