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One Year Later: Wonderful/Wretched Memories of Racial Dynamics in the Twin Cities, Minnesota
The Society Pages reposts Walt Jacob’s introduction to the
Wonderful/Wretched series.
Wonderful/Wretched is a collection of twenty-one essays on the racial dynamics of the Twin Cities written by social scientists with ties to the metro area.
Wonderful/Wretched has since been revised and expanded in a published volume, Sparked’s publication, and in reflection of the year that has passed since the uprising for racial justice last summer,
The Society Pages will repost essays from
Wonderful/Wretched in their original form
.
We are all shocked and saddened by the tragic events in Minneapolis, Minnesota over the past few days. As human beings, many of us are overwhelmed by the complexity of the situation and the intense emotions it has created. As members of an institution that strives for social justice, we feel discouraged and outraged. And, as social scientists, we are wonderi