![]() Half-day camps (ages 3-K) and full-day camps (Grades 1-10) are offered at the Zoo, while residential camps (ages 8-18) are available at The Wilds. ![]() When my husband asked over the next few months why we were always eating chicken thighs I told him we were fighting discrimination. Columbus Zoo Camp 2021 FebruPost a Comment Columbus Zoo Camp 2021. Summer Camp registration at the Columbus Zoo and The Wilds is now open Explore wildlife conservation topics through fun, hands-on experiences. He walks away and so do I, leaving her sounding like she’s about to screech. The customer turns to the employee and points to him.Ĭustomer: “You! She’s taking all the thighs! Tell her to give me some.”Įmployee: *Who is black.* “Sorry, I’m just a slow that doesn’t know anything.” Me: “Not at the volume you were speaking, lady.”Ĭustomer: “Give me some of those thighs!” You know how it is.”Ĭustomer: *Eyes wide.* “That was a private conversation!” I’m feeding a bunch of special and slow people who also happen to be black. Then she sees my trolley.Ĭustomer: “Hey, you don’t need all those thighs, do you? I needed some.” The woman finally makes it to the thighs section and sniffs in disappointment when she sees that they’re all gone. Without even thinking, I grab all nine packs and put them in my cart. Still in a trance about how much more offensive this woman can be, I realize I am standing in front of the frozen chicken thighs. Columbus Zoo, once widely admired, loses main accreditation OctoCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has lost its most important accreditation, a major blow to an institution once widely admired in its industry and by the general public. Put the s and s together in the corner and they stay out of trouble for the rest of us.” The customer continues.Ĭustomer: “Yeah normally I wouldn’t eat any of that ethnic crap but the kids seem to like it and one of the kids is – y’know – slow and special and they’re bringing that, friend that they seem to like. Shocked at her brazen use of a racial slur (she’s white), I stare at her for a moment, which is when I catch the eye of an employee who is walking past, also in shock from what they just heard. You know, the kind that has all those spices.” She is speaking loudly, which doesn’t usually bother me, but what she is saying is.Ĭustomer: “Yeah, I need to get the chicken thighs to make that fried chicken that they seem to like down at church. I am perusing the shelves when another woman is slowly making her way down the aisle while on her phone.
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