re critical race auction

Portland OR

Description

It is truly bizarre that certain right-wing politicians, and their hapless followers want to pretend that this nation's history didn't happen. This nation was founded upon some worthy virtues, but it was also founded upon conquest, slavery, and genocide. This country was built upon the spilled blood of its indigenous peoples, and the sweat and screams of enslaved African peoples. This is an ugly truth, but things have evolved in many ways. Pretending it didn't happen dishonors those from the past who were exploited, raped, and murdered, and it adds insult to injury for their descendants.