spoiled
rich white kid who buys a black man (played by
Richard Pryor).
Now there is a real life story:
Wallace
Turnquist purchased Ezekiel Akpu-nku from
Nigeria
as a playmate and servant for this 13-year-old
son,
Skyler.
“Last year I took Sky on a hunting safari to
Africa
and he was delighted by the African people,”
Wallace
Turnquist told WSB-TV. “How funny they were,
how
they were always smiling and so eager to
please. At
first he just wanted to take one, but I told him
kidnapping was illegal. So instead, I bought him
one.”
Since slavery and human trafficking are illegal,
Turnquist gave Ezekiel a five year employment
contract that pays $1,000 per year plus room/
board,
one day off per month and unlimited snacks.
Ezekiel’s contract states that he must do
whatever
Skyler tells him to do so long as it is not
illegal.
“This one time I made him stand on one foot for
the
entire day,” Skyler Turnquist said. “I also made
him
eat a spider. He does whatever I say.
He’s the best
toy ever.”
“I’m very happy to be Skyler’s toy, ” Akpu-nku
said.
“In Africa I was starving, here, in the land of
opportunity, my belly never goes hungry.”
Turnquist said Skyler already wants another
“African
toy” but his father has said no this time.
“I don’t want Sky getting spoiled. If I buy him
another African, he’ll just want more. I think
owning
one African is enough
