Best-of: Bryan Stevenson
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
The Significance of Memorial Spaces and Monuments
This chapter discusses the prevalence of memorial spaces and monuments in the United States compared to other countries with histories of violence and oppression, highlighting the importance of acknowledging and understanding these spaces. It explores the silence and lack of acknowledgment in the United States regarding the history of slavery, lynching, and segregation, and emphasizes the need to increase shame and acknowledge past wrongs in order to move towards collective understanding and redemption.
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