“Since learning about Sarah Baartman as a teen, I’ve become very aware and hyper-sensitive to how black women are portrayed by all groups —including ourselves. And in being this way, I feel a duty to call out and critic those who would take the initiative to present us as “Hottentot Venuses” or asexual mammies (as I believe Linde did). However, at times it all becomes a bit much: the awareness of an act of insensitivity, the decomposition of the act, grouping together to counter the discrimination, and then having to deal with those who look like you acting as apologists for the very behavior that threatens our safety and wellness.”   -Valerie Jean Charles

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   So he knew that “Hottentot Venus” was a real person? Did he also know that her remains were displayed in a museum until...

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