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Guest Commentator

Michele Mitchell

Michele Mitchell is a freelance writer, mother of three and the Gallery/Tour Coordinator at The APEX Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. Click here to contact Ms. Mitchell.

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Guest Commentary

Are We Carrying Around the Baggage of Black Codes?

By Michele Mitchell Guest Commentator

With the recent discussions and debates taking place around the country regarding apologies, covenants, affirmative action, reparations, re-gentrification, and reverse discrimination, I can’t help but to ponder the question: Are we suffering from some sort of post traumatic inferiority syndrome? And not just Black people, but are White people suffering from a post traumatic superiority…

With the recent discussions and debates taking place around the country regarding apologies, covenants, affirmative action, reparations, re-gentrification, and reverse discrimination, I can’t help but to…

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