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

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

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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.

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

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

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