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A man had wanted to open a history of slavery museum, but no one was interested, so he scattered these objects around antique shops.

— Howardena Pindell Artist Howardena Pindell on understanding 'the trauma of racism (2020)

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Dealing with the black body back then? Forget it. People didn’t want to talk about racism.

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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.

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The general reaction was pretty hostile,.

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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.

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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.

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The trauma of racism, I feel, is there for everyone to see.

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If you are not a person of color, you may not even notice what is going on.

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That has never happened to me or anyone I know, but they are free, white and 21.

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Selling Indigenous people in Europe is what Columbus did, unknown to most of us.

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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.

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