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COMMUNITY VOICES

Black voices now

Globe Opinion seeks to amplify the perspectives and the voices of Black community members, scholars, activists, doctors, teachers, business leaders, students, and parents as op-ed and letter writers, and as innovators and provocateurs featured in Globe Ideas. Here we feature Black voices from the community amid the historic protests following the killing of George Floyd. We aim to amplify yet more Black voices going forward.

LETTERS
Matt Siegel, host of "Matty in the Morning," in September 2019. He abruptly signed off Wednesday after being told to "stop talking" about pop star Demi Lovato's announcement that they are nonbinary.
‘Jokes’ about gender identity are as hurtful now as they were 16 years ago
Sixteen years ago, when I was coming out as transsexual to my patients, family, colleagues, and friends, I was informed by others about less-than-gracious comments made about me on the air.

LETTERS
The Museum of Fine Arts is doing a major new installation around the controversial "Appeal to the Great Spirit" sculpture by Cyrus Dallin to address what many see as a painful stereotype. With shovels and small machines, workers at the MFA’s Huntington Avenue entrance prepared the ground around the statue, which has remained there since 1912.
MFA finds fertile ground for reengaging with ‘Great Spirit’ sculpture
The MFA is not only responding to the public outcry; even better, it is also showing the purpose and the reach of art itself.

IDEAS | Peter Youngbaer
Peter Youngbaer exploring the New River Cave in Virginia.
Notes from underground
Conservation of caves pays off in underappreciated ways.

LETTERS
Can you believe it? Religion’s been taking a hit
I support and will defend your right to model what you believe your deity would do in living a religious life. But if you speak for God, then you shut out any discussion.

IDEAS | Elliot Brady
Magistrate Elliot Brady in Wilmington, N.C.
My job is to see beauty in ugly situations
‘I feel really grateful to be able to have those moments.’

IDEAS | RALPH CHURCHILL
Ralph Churchill at work at Price Rite.
What I overcame to work during the pandemic
‘I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to get back out there.’

IDEAS | Marlyn DuMont
Marlyn DuMont at the Orient Heights MBTA station.
I want my Blue Line car to be busy again
‘I see everybody respecting each other.’

IDEAS | Brian Kleve
Will work always involve people telling me what to do?
‘They just want you to sell the chicken.’

IDEAS | Ching Daranuwat
Ching Daranuwat, co-owner of Bangkok Pinto, thanks a customer as she hands him back his credit card.
Doing double duty to keep my business alive
‘I think it will never be as normal as it was before.’

LETTERS
Marvelous Marvin Hagler attracts attention at Logan Airport in this Sept. 9 file photo.
Marvin Hagler was marvelous with the kids in his visit to Dana-Farber cancer clinic
They had no need to know about his boxing, since they immediately grasped his kindness. He went from bed to bed, connecting with each child, easing their day.