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Will Smith

SOURCE: TIME
11/9/2022

Will Smith's Scars in "Emancipation" Connect an Antislavery Photo and Racial Inequality Today

The violations of the bodies of the enslaved were part of the process of racist oppression; contemporary institutions exhibit practices that are not too much different.

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Will Smith

Will Smith's Scars in "Emancipation" Connect an Antislavery Photo and Racial Inequality Today