The Village » Shuanise Washington https://www.cbcfinc.org/thevillage Real People. Real Talk. Wed, 30 Mar 2016 16:57:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 “CBCF Perspectives” OPINION: Remove the Confederate Flag from the South Carolina Statehouse https://www.cbcfinc.org/thevillage/2015/06/25/cbcf-perspectives-opinion-brown-v-board-of-education-61-years-later-the-implications-of-all-deliberate-speed/ https://www.cbcfinc.org/thevillage/2015/06/25/cbcf-perspectives-opinion-brown-v-board-of-education-61-years-later-the-implications-of-all-deliberate-speed/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:12:27 +0000 http://www.cbcfinc.org/thevillage/?p=1796

Written by A. Shuanise Washington

As a South Carolina native, this week’s shooting at Emanuel AME Church affected me profoundly and personally. It reminded me of my upbringing in a state with a deeply entrenched history of slavery and segregation. The murder of nine, innocent black people at Emmanuel AME Church is a window into the racial terror that South Carolina knows all too well.

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