Our team is working on a project that involves digitizing old community records and we discovered some really troubling historical patterns of discrimination, and now we're split on how much context to include because some people think we should just focus on preservation while others think we're whitewashing if we don't address the harm.
More people experience this than they realize.
Collective responsibility for historical truth creates tension between preservation and reckoning.
“Where Are You with Historical consciousness and temporal depth?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.