A professor at the University of Oregon is researching more than 2,600 different landmarks across the U.S. and “the degree to which white supremacy and racial injustice is acknowledged.” According to the school’s website, professor Laura Pulido’s initial data “confirms that racism is deeply ingrained in American historical commemoration and cultural memory.”
The National Science Foundation awarded Pulido a $350,000 grant to pursue this research project. It comes amid a movement of historical monuments across the country being vandalized and removed following protests and riots in the wake of police-involved deaths. ...
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