The Jim Crow Museum, which will have its grand opening on April 26th, says it has the largest collection of artifacts from the seg

aishah · 04-22-2012, 11:52 AM

i don't know if i could ever go to a museum like this. but i'm grateful that it exists, because i think in a lot of folks' haste to pretend we've arrived at a "post-racial" america, this racist history (and often racist present) gets erased and ignored. at least things like this museum are a safeguard against people getting to forget or pretend racism never happened.

04-22-2012, 11:52 AM	#3
aishah Member How Do You Identify?: queer stone femme shark baby girl Preferred Pronoun?: she, her, little one Relationship Status: dating myself. Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: dallas, tx Posts: 1,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,823 Thanked 6,442 Times in 1,288 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	i don't know if i could ever go to a museum like this. but i'm grateful that it exists, because i think in a lot of folks' haste to pretend we've arrived at a "post-racial" america, this racist history (and often racist present) gets erased and ignored. at least things like this museum are a safeguard against people getting to forget or pretend racism never happened.