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Kerry James Marshall Will Design New Windows for National Cathedral, Replacing Confederate Motifs
The former panels, removed in 2017, featured images dedicated to Confederate Generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee.
There’s the dangerous, tricky ground of satirizing the stereotypes and those who are attached to them.
It’s a good start. Next, I would also like to see a comic/review/etc on ALL ways and means Black women demonstrate our humor, empathy, and creativity. In color!
Joking.
But I appreciate that he brought in Black girls to explain ourselves, and that he admitted that he still has much to learn about how to portray and understand us. Self-awareness is a beautiful thing.