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What Black journalists covering Confederate monuments taught me about fighting antisemitism today

JL;DR SUMMARY Reflecting on the complexity of preserving history in the face of ongoing discrimination, Olivia Haynie draws parallels between Confederate monuments and Nazi relics. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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OppressionConfederate MonumentsFourth EstateHistorical SymbolsNazi RelicsManning MarableSydney FreyMedia RoleDiverse Histories

Places mentioned

Berlin, Germany
"A participant in a far-right demonstration, wearing a T-shirt with the federal eagle and an iron cross chain, is pictured in Berlin on March 22."
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
"The column, headlined The symbol of prejudice, appeared in the New Journal and Guide, a Black newspaper from Norfolk, Virginia, that has been published since 1917."
Dayton, Ohio, United States
"Manning Marable, a history professor and the director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University."
Germany
"after the Alternative for Germany, a far-right extremist group, has gained enormous popularity and nearly took over the German government, this sentiment now sounds like wishful thinking."
Arkansas, United States
"When we cover events like the founding of an all-white neo-Nazi community in Arkansas, the history of crossdressing in the Borscht Belt, or the first ordination of an openly gay rabbi at an Orthodox rabbinical school, we are doing more than just publishing facts."

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