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You want a Confederate monument? My body is a Confederate monument (sexual assault trigger warning)

Posted by NaraVara
Tags: racism, history, rights.civil, statues, usa, assault.sexual, trigger.rape, slavery, confederacy, opinion, author.caroline randall williams, source.the new york times, paywall.soft
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/opinion/confederate-monuments-racism.html

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Published
Jun 26 2020
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423 words

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    NaraVara
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    This was pretty gut punching to read, but is really important and insightful. It really talks through how narratives about family and ancestry works and the ways in which we carry the traumas and...

    This was pretty gut punching to read, but is really important and insightful. It really talks through how narratives about family and ancestry works and the ways in which we carry the traumas and injustices of the past with us.

    8 votes
    1. kfwyre
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      Wow. Thank you for posting this. It's unflinching. Normally I'd try to comment something of substance, but its power and perspective has left me with much to consider and nothing to say.

      Wow. Thank you for posting this. It's unflinching.

      Normally I'd try to comment something of substance, but its power and perspective has left me with much to consider and nothing to say.

      8 votes