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I can remember watching a video about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina becoming a spectator’s sport of pain via hurricane tours. I didn’t completely understand. Of course, people want to fully assess the damage that happened. I did too. Even though I attended college in New Orleans, the lower 9th (nor the West Bank) wasn’t a location I traveled to often. Almost everything in New Orleans fell between Uptown and the French Quarter, at least for me. Even living through the devastation of a hurricane, I still have never experienced that amount of devastation in my life, personally. So, knowing my curiosity, I didn’t see the big deal of a “hurricane tour.” However, after watching the devastation of Black bodies being destroyed in the streets via cellphone videos, I now understand. It’s one thing to tour the destruction of things – physical homes. It’s a whole ‘nother thing to see the destruction of Black of spiritual homes – Black bodies.
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