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It’s so wearying, isn’t it?
Each morning as I wake up, I wonder how close we have gotten to the finality of this slow-motion collapse — not of our civilization but of the small, uncivilized cluster of lunatics who have gnawed their way into our … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Corruption, Culture, Government, MAGA, News media, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting and voting rights
Tagged Mordor, Reconstruction, Trump, Trump administration, Trump cabal
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What some call critical race theory, I call history
I learned about slavery years before I learned about Hitler, concentration camps and genocide. My mother taught me about slavery when I was four or five. As I grew up and absorbed more of life’s complexities, that awful reality grew … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged American history, American slavery, critical race theory, Grant, John Roy Lynch, President Grant, Reconstruction, Ron Chernow, slavery, the Civil War, Ulysses S Grant
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On reparations
I’m still stewing over how Britain dealt with its anti-slavery act, and reparations: they paid reparations to its slaveowners. Not to the nearly 1 million people the act freed. No, to the mostly wealthy people — aristocrats and church people … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Racism, The Facts of Life
Tagged American HIstory Project, American slavery, American slaves, Confederacy, CUNY, Grant, Larry Elder, Reconstruction, reparations, Ron Chernow, Sea Islands, Special Field Order No 15, Thaddeus Stevens, UK reparations, William Tecumsah Sherman
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