Faiz Shakir of Think Progress posted this story a few days ago. Just another reminder of how bigotry lurks in America’s everyday culture, and the need to remain sensitive to the tragedies endured by people of color.
The Parks and Recreation Department of the city of Frederick, MD recently decided to hang three dummies from a tree as part of its Halloween program. The dummies’ “overstuffed shirts, blue jeans and white, faceless heads” sparked concern from Frederick residents who complained that “the figures evoke images of lynchings.” According to one resident:
“It instantly reminded me of the pictures of the lynchings that happened in the ’20s and ’30s in the