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The trauma of racism, I feel, is there for everyone to see.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
If you are not a person of color, you may not even notice what is going on.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
That has never happened to me or anyone I know, but they are free, white and 21.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
Selling Indigenous people in Europe is what Columbus did, unknown to most of us.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
A man had wanted to open a history of slavery museum, but no one was interested, so he scattered these objects around antique shops.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
I think of the little girls’ families preparing them for Sunday school and someone setting off 15 sticks of dynamite to kill them. Their day started normally.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
Dealing with the black body back then? Forget it. People didn’t want to talk about racism.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
It deals with the horrors of lynching, slavery and the children’s march for civil rights also in Birmingham, Alabama, where a church was bombed.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
When you look different, you can become a target for others’ unresolved issues, where they take out their rage on people who do not look like them.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
I was on the outside of their social circuit.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
The general reaction was pretty hostile,.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
They were dead at the hands of racist assassins.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
They were sold to me by an antique store.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
There are the pro-science and the science deniers, who have led to a lot of unnecessary deaths. I am worried about the election and the supreme court.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
It was toxic. There were nice people, but my boss was mean.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
There were very few books about African Americans or people of color, in general. If there was an image, it was a stereotype, a minstrel image.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
It’s something we don’t hear about.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
We had to sign up to go to the bathroom or the library. The threat was, ‘We’re going to come and get you if you stay too long.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
I am troubled by the encouraging of hate and division and racism by our most powerful government official, as Covid pushes us even deeper into the abyss.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)
I love books, as there are now books available concerning our history. I suggest that people be informed, so that they can be informed, contributing members of society. We have so many more options now, but we also have so many troubling issues.
Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)