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Who believes the Big Lie? I don’t think you’ll be surprised
I’m not. In today’s New York Times op section, Thomas Edsall has one of his comprehensive articles on demography and sociology, etc., i.e., what groups of people are thinking. It’s called “Why Millions Think It is Trump Who Cannot Tell … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, The Facts of Life
Tagged American culture and identity, American immigration, Democratic Party, Native Americans, Republican Party, slavery
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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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“What to the slave is the Fourth of July?”
Today in the Daily News, Leonard Greene and Frederick Douglass — speaking on July 5, 1852. Stunning. ‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?’ Question for America: In a country where a white cop feels empoawered to press … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life
Tagged Daily News, Fourth of July, Frederick Douglass, I can't breathe, Leonard Greene, racism, slavery
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