Slave cabin construction in Sedalia, MO prompts strong reaction

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It's a cabin designed to spark a change. But so far, it's only sparked controversy.

Sedalia retired psychologist Dr. Marge Harlan built the replica slave cabin in a historically black part of town.

"I think we need something to get us off being stuck," said Harlan. "I think we're stuck."Harlan describes Sedalia as a longtime segregated

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[kirakirashoujo]

The original sign that was stolen is so horrible and pretentious.

[chaya]

And grossly preachy omg

[liliaeth]

Definitely.

No matter how well intentioned she might think she is, the arrogance just flows out of this entire project.
That she didn't even bother to try and talk to the people in the neighborhood to see what they'd think of this, and then the way she just talks over them...

That and telling people they should 'move on', when the problems of systematic racism are still being felt in present day...

[kirakirashoujo]

Yup, the "move on" comment was what especially irked me. Who are you to say when black people should "move on" from the effects of racism that are still being felt to this day? It's tone deaf, not to mention steps over voices of actual black people.

[mimblexwimble]

why do white people

[phililen3]

She says a sign she had made which read "A slave cabin. All who enter, make peace with your past and move on"

W H A T ? ! ? !

[bitchsdangerous]

😦

[chukachukachoo]

This lady is an idiot. and can I just say, I hate when white people say slavery, jim crow, etc. is part of black history, but NEVER say it's part of "white history".

[meadowphoenix]

When white folk get too woke for their own britches, example number infinity.

Like the audacity to put up a slave cabin in a black neighborhood without talking to the actual black people that live there, like because she had the money to run a library about black heritage, she's knowledgeable enough to "unstick" people (which people, boo? Because you built this in a neighborhood you know no white people go to).

When the 41 Action News Investigators asked Harlan if she was a black woman who came by and saw the slave cabin what would she think
Who the fuck cares? If she wasn't going to talk to her actual neighbors, she sure as hell isn't going to empathize in any sincere way.