Whitey Ford
09-03-2019, 06:36 PM
A bunch of bananas and a strong accent: uproar over racist ride in French theme park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh9zt5AtMtw&feature=youtu.be
French theme park Nigloland is at the centre of a storm of online fury over a "racist" animatronics display in one of its rides.
Nig-loland ha ha ha ha
In the 'Africa Cruise' ride at the park in Dolancourt in northeastern France, visitors sit on a boat for a safari-style experience, going past different attractions. In one display along the river, two characters are stuck up a tree, trying to escape the robotic rhinoceros underneath them. The white man is wearing a pith helmet, while the black man is wearing a fez and carrying a bunch of bananas in one hand. The spectacle also comes with audio effects: the white man is saying, "Stop talking Bounama, and help me climb onto this branch before my trousers start looking like a sieve!" The black character has an exaggerated, stereotypically 'African' accent when he speaks, and calls the white character 'boss' several times.
https://observers.france24.com/en/20190903-france-racist-ride-theme-park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh9zt5AtMtw&feature=youtu.be
French theme park Nigloland is at the centre of a storm of online fury over a "racist" animatronics display in one of its rides.
Nig-loland ha ha ha ha
In the 'Africa Cruise' ride at the park in Dolancourt in northeastern France, visitors sit on a boat for a safari-style experience, going past different attractions. In one display along the river, two characters are stuck up a tree, trying to escape the robotic rhinoceros underneath them. The white man is wearing a pith helmet, while the black man is wearing a fez and carrying a bunch of bananas in one hand. The spectacle also comes with audio effects: the white man is saying, "Stop talking Bounama, and help me climb onto this branch before my trousers start looking like a sieve!" The black character has an exaggerated, stereotypically 'African' accent when he speaks, and calls the white character 'boss' several times.
https://observers.france24.com/en/20190903-france-racist-ride-theme-park