Blood—and Beauty—at the Root
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Remembering Roots: How an American Classic Transformed the World by Lucas L. Johnson II; Broadleaf, 221 pp., $25.99
Learning about slavery as an elementary school student meant being hit by a wave of emotions I didn’t yet know how to process: anger and sadness, most definitely, but also shame and embarrassment. In a classroom of Black and brown and white students, discussion of human bondage functioned like an unwritten invitation for the non-Black kids to direct inquisitive looks at the Black k
Learning about slavery as an elementary school student meant being hit by a wave of emotions I didn’t yet know how to process: anger and sadness, most definitely, but also shame and embarrassment. In a classroom of Black and brown and white students, discussion of human bondage functioned like an unwritten invitation for the non-Black kids to direct inquisitive looks at the Black k
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