What will Georgetown University do to restore their relationship with the descendants of those Black men, women, and children who were sold down the river? How will they come to the table with these descendants of the slaves they sold, the families they separated? What will they offer in exchange for all that was lost? It’s unclear now, and for purposes of this book, it’s not really the point. Cellini’s individual effort to bring some kind of restorative reconciliation? That’s the point. He’s done it by building a bridge between the oppressed and the oppressors. He’s done it by creating space
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