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They are powerless to the pull of memory, yet paralyzed by their contemporary comforts.

In the spring of 1894, a nationwide railroad strike, spreading out from the outskirts of Chicago, paralyzed freight and passenger rail traffic up and down California.

Even with the death of wokeness, it’s not quite OK to wish for such things openly, perhaps because of a dim awareness that there’s no escape from the paralyzing dynamic of racial fear.

But after her mom dies — and it is clear that her mother has most likely been washed out to sea — she is paralyzed.

So were 34 of the 36 children paralyzed in the course of the trial.