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I was really trying to say it's uniquely honest about how terrible it was, which makes it an important project. Because it was a project by a Black teacher assi
by DoreenMichele 5y ago
I was really trying to say it's uniquely honest about how terrible it was, which makes it an important project. Because it was a project by a Black teacher assigned to Black students, it mostly wasn't whitewashed, neither inadvertently nor on purpose.
I know other people value trigger warnings. I mostly do not. I mostly think there are better ways to handle the need for signaling to your audience that this is a tough topic.
I'm under the weather today so no doubt screwing this up terribly. The takeaway I wish people would get out of my above comment is that the unusual methodology used for gathering this information means it's an especially valuable resource for people with a sincere interest in the history.
- culi 5y agoNo I totally agree with your point (and I've edited my comment to expand on my response to some of this). Regarding trigger warnings, I think the normalization of them has been really useful for friends of mine who've faced very real traumatic experiences. But I agree that in general we should try to push ourselves to read the things that make us the most uncomfortable like this work