Global Week in Review: Controversial Human Zoo Exhibit Called Racist

Plus, the U.N. taking over peacekeeping mission in CAR.

Exhibit B: Human Zoo Criticized, Called Racist - The United Nations sends more peacekeepers into the Central African Republic, plus more global news. – Natelege Whaley (@Natelege_) Protesters lined up outside of the Barbican in London this past weekend to call for a boycott of Exhibit B, a touring exhibition remnant of the “human zoos” in Europe and America in the last two centuries, The Independent reports. South African Brett Bailey, a white artist, is behind the controversial project. Black actors are on display for the exhibit that will open Sept. 23. Those against Exhibit B say it objectifies Black people.  (Photo: FRANCK PENNANT/AFP/Getty Images)
UN Takes Over C. African Republic Peacekeeping - The United Nations is sending in 1,800 peacekeepers and police to join the mission in the Central African Republic to bring order to the region. 5,000 people have died since violence erupted in the region last December. A group of 12,000 peacekeepers and police will be deployed there in 2015 to further the mission. (Photo: AP Photo/Jerome Delay,File)
45 Dead After Nigeria Building Collapse - A building collapse at the campus of T.B. Joshua’s Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria, left 45 people dead Friday. The preacher said that the shopping mall and guesthouse were attacked by Islamic extremists who may have flew over the campus and dropped a “chemical substance.” A total of 134 people survived the collapse.(Photo: AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)African Immigration - Africans often migrate to Europe for better opportunities. A BBC article depicting data from 2007 shows a better quality of life in Europe as opposed to Sub-Saharan Africa. This year, more than 42,000 Africans were en-route to Italy. And a report from Frontex says that 40,000 African Migrants arrived to Europe in 2013. (Photo: Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

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Exhibit B: Human Zoo Criticized, Called Racist - The United Nations sends more peacekeepers into the Central African Republic, plus more global news. – Natelege Whaley (@Natelege_) Protesters lined up outside of the Barbican in London this past weekend to call for a boycott of Exhibit B, a touring exhibition remnant of the “human zoos” in Europe and America in the last two centuries, The Independent reports. South African Brett Bailey, a white artist, is behind the controversial project. Black actors are on display for the exhibit that will open Sept. 23. Those against Exhibit B say it objectifies Black people.  (Photo: FRANCK PENNANT/AFP/Getty Images)

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