History
There is no part of history untainted by shame.
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Differences of political standing and economic power ensure that some people can monetize a shared cultural inheritance more than others, just as some enjoy greater wealth and higher incomes, live in better housing, receive better educations, and live longer and healthier lives. But that is because of political and economic exploitation, not cultural appropriation.... [P]olitical action, not cultural policing, is needed to tackle it.
—Barbara J. Fields
—Barbara J. Fields
Thursday, July 26, 2012
