“... every time I locate a census record, court transcript, or death certificate, I am able to reveal how for so long our society has perpetuated a cycle that normalizes premature Black death”
” the academic field of anthropology. This position compels me to think seriously about how anthropologists might decolonize our field and contend with its difficult past. Those of us who study history often insist that we must understand our past to deal with contemporary challenges and plan for the future. But are we effecting change with our work, or reproducing the same power dynamics?
I specialize in bioarchaeology, or the study of human remains from archaeological contexts, to research African American history and the concept of race. Early biological anthropologists, using science to rationalize the unjust treatment of certain racialized groups. These studies relied upon the bodies of both the living and the dead to emphasize differences in traits such as skin color, hair length and texture, and cranial form.
I work with such collections. My dissertation project focused on the lives and deaths of some 79 Black women who died in Progressive Era New York City and whose skeletal remains are currently housed by the Smithsonian. But I have come to question whether my research continues to inflict violence upon the very people I hope to liberate. While
can be used to illuminate the Black past in unique ways, does my work reinforce the notion that our bodies are objects suitable for study and normalize Black death?nearly pushed me to my breaking point as I witnessed Black people disproportionately suffering the effects of the
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