(2020)

Adia Victoria challenges America to confront its racist past and root out the white supremacy that undoubtedly remains. The South (the birthplace of American chattel slavery), is clearly a beloved place for Victoria (“I love you, I won’t leave you”) but it needs to unshackle itself from confederate monuments and all the other relics of hate and oppression that exist there (horrible inequality, voter suppression, etc.) With undeniable moral clarity, Victoria beseeches us to acknowledge that things still aren’t okay for BIPOC folks even though slavery was abolished in 1865 and Jim Crow laws were legally abolished in 1965.

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Aida Victoria sfida l'America a confrontarsi con il suo passato razzista e a sradicare la supremazia bianca che senza dubbio è ancora presente. Il Sud (dove è nata la tratta degli schiavi) è sicuramente un posto del cuore per Victoria, ma deve liberarsi dai monumenti... (Continues)