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the Orlando History Center but at the slightest rumour that
the private parts of a statue might be showing, people are clamouring to cover drape it? Which of
these is natural and which is unnatural?
My grandmother who is Jamaican used to say, "Some things are best left forgotten." This is my view, and a view shared by many Jamaicans regarding the horrors of slavery. While I respect and understand the African American view that 'to remember the past is to not repeat it' this is not a view that I share. So, if I were a parent, I would not want my child presented images of fear and hate from this very sad period in America's past. And while, I don't agree that bus loads of elementary school children are taken on tours to see it, this is an individual parent's decision. I do respect that the African American people want this exhibt included but do these images help children and how are they suposed to feel?
2006-11-25
04:39:15
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solisue
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