You wrote about the St. Louis World Fair where non white people were placed on display, labeled savages and barbarians. Almost 20 million people were in attendance at this fair and “gawked” at these exhibits. This movement also sickened me, mostly because on some level, it still occurs today. While not racially motivated, the idea of something unfamiliar or different to another ileitis stares, finger pointing and rude comments. I work with individuals who are developmental disabled. It’s my role to education paid caregivers and natural supports/family members on the benefits of community integration for the individual they care for as even in today’s world there is tendency to want to shelter the individual and exclude them from becoming an
