Summary of Christina Sharpe's Ordinary Notes

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Christina Sharpe's "e;Ordinary Notes"e; delves into the complexities of Black life, memory, and resistance.

She draws parallels between historical and contemporary forms of racism, from the forced labor and rape in a Georgia prison labor camp in Toni Morrison's "e;Beloved"e; to the Nazi Documentation Center in Nuremberg, where memorials sometimes glorify perpetrators.

Sharpe reflects on childhood photographs that symbolize racial animosity and her own experiences with racism, including being the only Black student in her Catholic elementary school...