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Collected Item: “Listen and Learn”

Give your story a title.

Listen and Learn

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

A phrase, the image itself is from social media.

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

In the midst of the pandemic, much deeper issues have risen. I believe it is about time we faced the issue of racial injustice. It is important for me to take the time, quarantine has provided, to learn of its history and to listen to those who have been hurt. "I understand that I will never understand" reads one of the protester's posters, to be educated is a step in the right direction.

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Michael Venske

Give this story a date.

2020-06-03
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