04-18-2019, 11:11 AM
(04-18-2019, 10:53 AM)Millhouse Wrote: Of course a Cincinnati Councilwoman had to tweet this:
It’s possible to hold multiple truths. I’m also saddened that Black churches in Louisiana were burned down. I’m sure they held significance as well. They were barely acknowledged.
— Tamaya Dennard (@TDennard) April 16, 2019
https://local12.com/news/local/cincinnati-councilwoman-on-notre-dame-fire-this-is-a-prime-example-of-privilege
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Actually, I have read The Invisible Man. Don't want to dismiss that work at all, but it's relevance is not quite the same today, after a two-term black president. I agree that in many ways, black people still are invisible.
And I do think there is something called "white privilege," but my sense is that the world's interest in Notre Dame has something to do with its historical and cultural centrality. It is a world heritage site in the same sense that Angkor Wat and the pyramids are.
The burning of black churches in Lousiana is a serious political and social issue, I think, but the loss of Notre Dame and these churches is not forcing an either/or choice upon us about which to mourn.
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