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13398452, That was very sharp
Posted by Walleye, Tue Aug-11-20 10:36 AM
Combining a clear moral perspective with material historical realities like that is very difficult for a lot of people. Like, difficult for their brains. Doing that was clearly difficult for her because of her conscience and love, but not because it was complex.

I have to teach a 20th century American History class this term, and the way she arranged those perspectives so that social unrest and violence can get some air as an "is" and not simply as an "ought" or "ought not" is an objective that I hope that these students can tackle with this level of heart - even if it won't (at first) be with that much skill.