A few years back while still living in Denver, our local NPR station featured a Black poetess whose topic was to speak as Anarcha. At that point I'd not known the history. Her recital was so raw that I very nearly wrecked the car into a ditch. It was history that most of us, most especially White women, don't know. I've written about it since as a way of propagating that awareness, and in fact did that very thing again today on LInked In when I saw a mention of Sims' name. I was very glad to see this:
Still, most of us are clueless. The more alt-history that's peeled away, the more horrific this Nation's role in brutality. And to think Nikki Haley had the audacity to say we aren't a racist nation. I nearly choked on my coffee. The level of denial boggles the mind.
Thank you for sharing this. I found the comment by the apologist for the doctor’s actions, that the women were willing, troublesome. From personal experience I know that when someone is in great pain and living the kind of life noted in the story they will agree to anything to make it stop out of desperation and from trusting a doctor can do something. I was taught by my pathologist father to question medical authorities and, even if their motives were benign, not assume they always had the right answers. Glad this information is coming to light.
I had heard about Sims before reading this book, but J.C. Hallman's juxtaposition of Anarcha's story with Sims' helped to show just how horrible Sims really was. Bringing Anarcha's story to the forefront was greatly appreciated, as was Hallman's hyperlinked index, allowing me to determine which part of her story was factual and the source of the parts that were somewhat fictionalized. Thank you, Marc Friedman, for contributing this review. Diamond-Michael Scott, I really like the books you are sharing.
Thanks for you comment. You probably would be interested in my review posted this morning of “Unexampled Courage”. I expect that my next review of a Black History book will be “The Silver Women” about Black migrant women taken to Panama to help build the canal.
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“Unexampled Courage” sounds intriguing but I don’t see it on your page. Could you share the link? Oh, “The Silver Women” sounds great! I can’t wait to read that one.
A few years back while still living in Denver, our local NPR station featured a Black poetess whose topic was to speak as Anarcha. At that point I'd not known the history. Her recital was so raw that I very nearly wrecked the car into a ditch. It was history that most of us, most especially White women, don't know. I've written about it since as a way of propagating that awareness, and in fact did that very thing again today on LInked In when I saw a mention of Sims' name. I was very glad to see this:
https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/4/18/17254234/j-marion-sims-experiments-slaves-women-gynecology-statue-removal
Still, most of us are clueless. The more alt-history that's peeled away, the more horrific this Nation's role in brutality. And to think Nikki Haley had the audacity to say we aren't a racist nation. I nearly choked on my coffee. The level of denial boggles the mind.
Thanks for this!!!!!
Thank you for posting this article.
Absolutely. This story must be told
Thank you for sharing this. I found the comment by the apologist for the doctor’s actions, that the women were willing, troublesome. From personal experience I know that when someone is in great pain and living the kind of life noted in the story they will agree to anything to make it stop out of desperation and from trusting a doctor can do something. I was taught by my pathologist father to question medical authorities and, even if their motives were benign, not assume they always had the right answers. Glad this information is coming to light.
Yes, Yes, and YES!
Jews were twenty times more likely to own slaves than their gentile neighbors.
Irrelevant to the post even if true. The post concerned experimental vaginal surgery on enslaved women.
Rest assured it is true. Look into for yourself if you wish.
And Jews also ritualized and sanctified genital mutilation.
I had heard about Sims before reading this book, but J.C. Hallman's juxtaposition of Anarcha's story with Sims' helped to show just how horrible Sims really was. Bringing Anarcha's story to the forefront was greatly appreciated, as was Hallman's hyperlinked index, allowing me to determine which part of her story was factual and the source of the parts that were somewhat fictionalized. Thank you, Marc Friedman, for contributing this review. Diamond-Michael Scott, I really like the books you are sharing.
Thanks for you comment. You probably would be interested in my review posted this morning of “Unexampled Courage”. I expect that my next review of a Black History book will be “The Silver Women” about Black migrant women taken to Panama to help build the canal.
“Unexampled Courage” sounds intriguing but I don’t see it on your page. Could you share the link? Oh, “The Silver Women” sounds great! I can’t wait to read that one.
Hi. Rachelle. Here’s the link.
https://blackbooksblackminds.substack.com/p/the-racially-provoked-beating-of
Oh, okay. Thank you. I thought it was on Marc’s page. Will go read it today.