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The Harriet Tubman Casting Cripping Up Issue
Black and white image of Harriet Tubman standing. Some rights reservedbyNational Park ServiceOver the past week, I have watched and listened to several conversations on Twitter about the casting uproar for the Harriet Tubman film.
Yet no one mentioned the obvious issue: a Black disabled actress is not playing a Black disabled historical figure.
An issue I run into within Black history and…