Reading, An Exercise in Empathy and Grief

 
portrait of black adolescent child. half of her face is covered by the book “i know why the caged bird sings” and she is smiling.
 

One of the cornerstones of social injustice is the unequal distribution of access. Access to resources and opportunities, yes, but also access to an accurate portrayal of Black history. The Black experience has been marginalized in the U.S. educational system in both text and curriculum - often folding hundreds of years of history into the pages of a single chapter.

Black people have had to educate themselves on their own history. A blessing and a burden.

Allies who through empathy understand their pain, must also through reading, understand their grief.

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CONTRIBUTOR
Steffon Isaac
Founder, The CLU Studio

 
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