(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) There’s a marginal group in America, and they shouldn’t be racialized.
I’m speaking of skeletons.
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names will never hurt you. However, what if bones are all you’ve got?
Perhaps supplemental sensitivity’s in order.Hence, in July of last year, Jonathan D. Bethard and Elizabeth A. DiGangi called to their colleagues.Via the Journal of Forensic Sciences , they asked experts to stop determining the race of skeletal remains.The duo dished on sinister systems: Historians of the 21st century will examine the year 2020 and the confluence of seismic events which impacted everyday life in the United States and served to highlight systemic inequalities that have permeated the nation for centuries. Between the devastating COVID-19 pandemic and the homicides of numerous Black Americans at the hands of law enforcement officials, we have all been reminded about the fragility of life, and the failures of […]
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