So I am not judging anybody, I am not judging people. We all take our own journey on race. I just hope people listen like I did when my dear friend Wynton Marsalis helped me see the truth. He asked me to think about all the people who have left New Orleans because of our exclusionary attitudes. ikea parure lit bebe Not One More Girl campaign posters at the West Oakland BART stationStephen K Woo ikea parure lit bebe Each time one has been removed, I felt a sense of relief so deep it was almost painful. I felt relieved that as a black woman, my hometown would no longer, either consciously or subconsciously, revere the people who represent the enslavement, torture, and rape of my ancestors. I felt relieved knowing that someday when I have children, they will not have these signs of post-Civil War oppression looming over them as they take the streetcar to their grandpa’s house in the French Quarter. ikea parure lit bebe Instead of revering a 4-year brief historical aberration that was called the Confederacy we can celebrate all 300 years of our rich, diverse history as a place named New Orleans and set the tone for the next 300 years. ikea parure lit bebe