Wow..... what an interesting perspective and take on the notion of "archiving"..... We never see it in these terms, but it seems to me that these factions that do this, governmental or otherwise, scavenge black history and culture here as they've done through the centuries... excavations! Tear the meat off the bones not for nourishment, but for sport. Like hanging deer or ivory tusks on their walls..... Or grinding up ancient Kemetic mummies for paint! There is no love in their "collecting" or "conserving". To bypass one's family in order to hold captive these memories and, is a crime, to say the absolute least. It is an act of HOLDING CAPTIVE that these government-backed institutions are known for and used to exploit black expression as a whole.
Wow..... what an interesting perspective and take on the notion of "archiving"..... We never see it in these terms, but it seems to me that these factions that do this, governmental or otherwise, scavenge black history and culture here as they've done through the centuries... excavations! Tear the meat off the bones not for nourishment, but for sport. Like hanging deer or ivory tusks on their walls..... Or grinding up ancient Kemetic mummies for paint! There is no love in their "collecting" or "conserving". To bypass one's family in order to hold captive these memories and, is a crime, to say the absolute least. It is an act of HOLDING CAPTIVE that these government-backed institutions are known for and used to exploit black expression as a whole.