One suspects it might otherwise have been targeted for a less gentle removal. The museum says it’s the statue, not the man, that it objects to, but critics see TR “as an imperialist whose role leading troops fighting in the Caribbean ultimately resulted in American expansion into colonies there and in the Pacific including Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Guam, Cuba and the Philippines.” – The New York Times
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When Events (Even Beyond A Pandemic) Overtake Your Book Launch
Bakari Sellers’ new book is about race in the United States. Sellers: “When I wrote the book, I thought: This can be the spark to conversations about race. I didn’t know I was going to be starting a spark when the country was on fire.” – The Washington Post
Kristin Scott Thomas Says That These Days, She’s Longing For Massive Film Productions
Working on a socially distant set hasn’t made her exactly content. “How are you going to get hair and makeup done when you can’t get near each other?” – The Observer (UK)
How To Figure Out ‘Performance For One’ Online
Playwright and director Edward Einhorn on adapting his in-person creation for the virtual world: “I have never witnessed the audience member witnessing the performance. Which, I must say, is hard for me.” – HowlRound
How Spike Lee Movies Saved At Least One Life
No matter what a mother says, Spike Lee’s movies might just have more impact. “As I watched the police take the life from Radio Raheem, everything my mother had been trying to tell me was suddenly crystallized. For me, Do the Right Thing took the police from an intellectual threat to an existential one. The police, I realized, could kill me … and no one would say a word.” – The New York Times
Need To Diversify Your Reading?
Look to Black Bookstagram for recommendations on everything from history to science fiction to romance. – BuzzFeed
An Open Letter To The Ballet Community From A Harvard Student
Dancer Sara Komatsu says it’s time for massive change in ballet. “If we believe in this art and want it to succeed, we must be willing to open our minds, have honest conversations, and put in the work to topple racist and elitist practices to usher in a new age of ballet that is diverse, exciting, and more beautiful than ever before.” – The Harvard Crimson
Singing In Groups Is Dangerous Now
So here’s how choirs are reinventing themselves. – CBC
Writing In The Time Of Endless Pandemic Distraction
Our brains, working at home: “The kitchen is a mess. How can I concentrate when I know that two rooms over, the kitchen is a mess? The sink is filled with plates and glasses that couldn’t fit into the dishwasher the night before, so now we have a lag in the dishwashing. There is no end to the dishwashing. There is no tabula rasa. It doesn’t help that the pans all have special requirements, they need so much individualized care they might as well be hothouse orchids.” – LitHub
Learning From A Vanished Mural Of Racial Violence
John Wilson’s student mural The Incident made such an impression on David Siquieros that the famous muralist and head of Mexico’s Department for the Protection and Restoration of Murals requested it be preserved. It was, for a few years. Now, “with each passing day, it gains newfound relevance and newfound pain — its act of reckoning is far from done.” – Hyperallergic