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Maine Voices: Feeling the wounds of Jan. 6 – embodiment as an anti-racist practice
Paying attention to physical responses to the Capitol attack can help white people see how Black, brown and queer bodies have been barred and assaulted.
By Vaishali MamgainSpecial to the Press Herald
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It had been a working Saturday. Back Cove beckoned; I responded with a run. Back at the University of Southern Maine, I discovered I was locked out. I called campus security. When he arrived, the officer asked why I wanted to get in. “I work here. I’m a professor.” “ID?” he asked. “Not on me,” I said, “it’s inside.” Straightforward, right? Not if you are brown- or Black-bodied! No matter that you are 5 feet, 104 pounds – you’re still a threat. The officer called someone and, after discussion, finally let me in. He checked my faculty ID, lectured me on my carelessness and left.