Chattanooga Times Free Press

More racism denied, more it is proven

Thank you for your May 30 coverage of Republicans “at work” forbidding any public schools from saying anything about racism or sexism. Mum’s the word. There would be no hearings — not any input from those who actually know a lot about this important subject,

As for the written language, the Republicans decided to copy Oklahoma. What a perfect choice: 100 years of racism, Jim Crow and the worst massacre in American history, not counting the genocide of Native Americans.

Our brains cannot live with the horrors and injustices, so we deny and rewrite the bad parts. But accurate memories and a couple of backhoes will keep truth alive. In fact, the more racism is denied, the more it is proven.

Let’s recognize that human beings are social animals and that without each other we will perish. Blake Moore

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