In a message dated 6/22/2007 6:58:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
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> Didn't the National Park Service have to cancel its annual African American 
>  
> Family Day at the National Zoo in DC because of all the shootings and rapes 
> that  occurred each year during that event?
> 
> By the way, where does the National Park Service get the right to limit the  
> 
> use of a national park, the National Zoo, to only members of a designated  
> minority group anyway?
> 
> Basil
> 
> 
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The annual African American Family Day at the National Zoo in DC has existed 
for more than 100 years as an informal community tradition. In 1993, it was 
made an official event.

The Zoo does not exclude others (just as the US does not exlude 
non-secretaries during National Secretaries Day).

There was an incident in 2000 of youth gangs having an altercation at the Zoo 
which was pretty bad.

(BTW, we have a Japanese friend, from Japan, who wanted to visit us in Prince 
Georges County, contiguous to D.C., but was apprehensive at doing so because 
of  the rapes and murders occurring in DC & PG every minute or so.  He did 
visit, but we kept quiet about our [shhh...don't tell] Negro neighbor.)

B&R














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