The story of Sarah Baartman is a tragic reflection of colonial exploitation and the dehumanization of Black women’s bodies. She was a Khoikhoi woman from South Africa who, in the early 19th century, was taken to Europe under false promises and then paraded around as a spectacle due to her physique, particularly her curves, which Europeans at the time saw as exotic or unnatural. Baartman’s treatment was not just about curiosity—it was rooted in racial and gendered exploitation. She was displayed

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