Collins said, "The symbolism is that Detroit is a black city and that we’re unable to govern ourselves. So we need an overseer, the state legislature, or what have you, to step in and tell us what we must do and how to do it."
Given that elephants and lions and monkeys and zebras are all involved in this brouhaha, I think a Tarzan analogy would have worked better than the plantation one.
Plus, not enough people go with the Tarzan thing, so it's not as hackneyed.
Sounds like the zoo has the wrong animals in the cages.