I am very grateful to @AODonnellAngela for this response to the impulse to “cancel” Flannery O’Connor—whose artistic vision helps unmask and resist the spiritual disease of racism (to which she herself was not immune).
Angela Alaimo O'Donnell @AODonnellAngela
4 Aug 2020
Thanks to @commonwealmag for inviting me to tell the true story behind Loyola's cancellation of Flannery O'Connor. Here's hoping it doesn't happen again. @NewYorker @FordhamPress @FordhamNYC commonwealmagazine.org/cance…

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Racism in her stories always functions as a sign of her characters’ distance from grace and self-knowledge. The same applies to her own prejudices. But she and her work need to be part of the conversation we are having today.
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