27 Extremely Problematic Historical Images None Of Your Teachers Ever Showed You In School, Because They're Just That Disturbing

The article's selection of images feels oddly sanitized compared to what I expected from the title's promise of "extremely problematic" content. The photo of the lynching in the article is clearly staged in a way that makes it look like a formal portrait rather than an actual crime scene, which feels like a missed opportunity to show how these images were actually used to document and celebrate violence rather than just present it as historical documentation. What was the actual editorial choice