But tears without political action leave this history at the level of regret. Too many viewers remain content to shed a tear and sigh, forgetting that this history of social victimization never ended. A tendency to the mystification of racial brutality as incomprehensible too easily overwhelms. Moreover, in the search for descriptive references, now-familiar Holocaust memorialization seeps into discussion, as is especially notable in visitor comments at the exhibition website. Teary sentiments, ineffective universalist advocacies, and poor comparative logic are, however, understandable reactions.
Emotions alone speak.
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