'Remember this moment in time,' says WMC Vice Chair JanetDewartBell. 'We do not have the luxury of willful ignorance and silent observation.'
Juneteenth is a solemn observation mixed with optimism, hope, and joy — symbolism with substance. Please, y’all: No Juneteenth sales!
Some conservative commentators are whining and crying foul, charging that it is unfair to conflate the very things this article connects — white supremacist terrorism, the intentional distortion of history, the use of racist dog whistles, the frightening willingness of good white people to do nothing; therefore, to be complicit.
Blacks and whites look at the same pictures, but see different images. For blacks, the brutal history of American racism is being played out in real time — on television and, perhaps most importantly, on video. For many whites, the images confirm their worst fears and racist stereotypes about black people.
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