re: Are there Black Hospitals?

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It's a shame there is not more done to celebrate it.

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People always get pissed off when I say this, but I think part of the reason is that most of us were never able to be truly, viscerally aware of how bad it was. I honestly don't think we've ever really looked it in the face. And I'm not talking about slavery - I'm talking about Jim Crow.

I recently listened to an old podcast on the Mississippi Freedom Summer (1964). I still managed to be freshly appalled at some of the details, despite thinking I sort of knew what was up. That shite was during my lifetime! I think if more people knew the history, they wouldn't be so confused/belligerent when current citizens asked to remove the rebel flag from the state flag (via a vote, btw).

But you are right - it is a shame that we are pretending that 2021 is 1964. Our ugly history didn't go away overnight in 1964, and there are plenty of lingering (but highly diminished) tentacles of racism, but the US has achieved stunning successes in this regard. I wish we could have a less polarized discussion of history and current events. Instead, it's cartoonish screaming about it at each other.