"The right-wing attack on Black history is stupid, cruel, and futile. The logical end of censoring Black history is national suicide. Black history is a legacy with lessons that can heal the divides in the U.S. and repair our relationship to the world. Black history can free us from the right-wing image of the U.S. as a white Christian nationalist utopia, which never existed, and lead us to a clear-eyed radical realism."
"I looked at the slave shackles in the exhibit. My ancestors wore chains like this one. A bone-deep sorrow hit. When I researched my family history, names began to vanish as I traced it to Indigenous and African slavery. Here, right in front of me was material proof of the horror they survived. What is my responsibility to them? The Slavery and Freedom exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in D.C. is a soul-shaking experience."
I looked at slave shackles and felt bone-deep sorrow as family names vanished into Indigenous and African slavery; the exhibit provided material proof of that horror and prompted questions of responsibility. The Slavery and Freedom exhibit traces a journey from bondage to freedom and produces a soul-shaking experience. Trump and the MAGA movement have censored Black history, removed books and icons, and fired Black federal employees. The right wing suppresses Black history because it ignites social movements. Black history can transform rage into activism, expose hypocrisy, heal national divides, repair relationships abroad, and enable a liberated, realistic future.
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