Professor wants to be rid of racist books
The museum might have ideas for how to handle your books.
Otherwise, I well understand your reluctance to burn these books. However, if you are not able to place them in a reputable collection, and if you believe that these books are NOT unique and represent historical racist ideas readily available elsewhere to scholars, then I think you should consider destroying them in a symbolic fashion. Perhaps you could shred them and add the shredded material as mulch for a garden. Let something beautiful or nutritious grow from these ugly ideas.
Mark the occasion by donating to a cause furthering racial understanding. Perhaps the Jim Crow Museum could use funding to add staff to handle their growing collection.
Dear Amy: A year ago, I found out that my wife had been secretly talking to another guy.
Three weeks ago, she came clean to me about sleeping with him last year and having a brief affair with him.
I don't know what to do when it comes to the marriage at this point. I'm not sure if we should work it out or if we should get divorced.
I feel like I can't forgive her, but I also don't want to lose my family.
I'm very hurt and all I keep thinking about is what she did with him. I keep having these images in my head. Please, help me?
-- Hurt Husband
Dear Hurt: I want to assure you that you can forgive your wife. But will you? That is up to you.
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