“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Base Thoughts 0
Steve M. has the round-up.
Different Strokes at Different Folks 0
Eric Foster tells a tale or people, pigment, and perception.
School for Scamdal 0
At the Des Moines Register, Steve Westerberg dissects the lies that lying liars are spreading about public schools and libraries to advance an agenda of racism and privatization.
He focuses on Iowa, but it’s happening all over the country.
Here’s one bit of bunk he debunks; follow the link for more.
“I Don’t Think That Word Means What You Think It Means” 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun tries to understand the Republicans’ War on Woke.
Motivations for Meanness 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Bernard Golden explores seven factors which he posits contribute to group violence. Here’s part of what he says about one of them, characterized as “Relative Deprivation and Basic Needs”; follow a link for a discussion of the seven.
Meanwhile, Down on the Animal Farm . . . 0
Jeffery Leving considers Florida Man’s attempt to prevent the teaching of America’s history and reminds us that George Orwell knew whereof he writ (emphasis added):.
It’s ironic that one of the arguments DeSantis is making in favor of limiting what can be taught in schools is that these actions are in the interest of academic freedom — when the exact opposite appears to be true. It reminds me of another Orwell quote, from his novel “Animal Farm”: “If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
At the Kansas City Star, Dion Lefler sees echoes–well, heck, more than echoes–of Joe McCarthy’s Red Scare in the tactics Republicans are deploying to stoke fears the American students might (gasp!) be taught America’s history. Here’s how he starts his article:
The best answer to that question is another question: Why are we allowing it in Kansas, in 2023?
Follow the link for his reasoning.
“What They Don’t Know Can’t Hurt Me” 0
Michael in Norfolk looks at Florida Man’s war against history. A snippet:
Debunking de Bunk 0
The College Board has responded to Florida Man’s efforts to white wash–I use that term advisedly–American history as taught in Florida schools. Here’s a bit of their response:
Follow the link for the complete letter, in which they debunk in a detailed in a point-by-point manner Florida Man’s bunk.
The Great Erasure 0
Congressperson Alma Adams sees precedent for current attempt by the New Secesh to pretend that slavery wasn’t and racism isn’t.
Ignorance Is Not Only Bliss . . . 0
, , , it’s also Florida Man’s educational you-will-pardon-the-term strategy.
The Privatization Scam 0
At the Des Moines Register, Matt Pries, teacher from a family of teachers, offers some thoughts about why public schools have become a favorite target of the New Secesh. Here’s a bit of his article; I commend the entire piece to your attention.
Freedom of Screech 0
Above the Law’s Joe Patrice deciphers some doubletalk.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
If you dig into the politics of hate in the United States, however it be manifested, your shovel will eventually strike America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the doctrine of racism which was manufactured to justify it. We close our eyes to that at our peril
