The Table Comes First
What does it mean for the table to come first in our homes? In our country?
Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell.
We're all very familiar with this painting. It was commissioned by the Saturday Evening Post. Did you know the Post would not accept paintings featuring Black people, Indigenous people, Hispanic people or other people of color unless they were portrayed in a position of service? Rockwell worked for the Post for deca…
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