The Secesh category archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years,
Mean for the Sake of Mean Dept.
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At SFGate, Drew Magary argues forcefully that certain states (Texas, Florida, etc.) are trying to secede without actually seceding. He suggests that, in the long run, it won’t go well for them, but, in the short run, we can expect much gratuitous suffering for those who don’t fit their image of “real Americans.” A nugget:
Racism Supreme 0
Thom discusses today’s Republican Party’s embrace of racism as it relates to the recent vacancy on the Supreme Court.
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At the San Francisco Chronicle, Andrew Straus suggests that the United States could learn from how Germany deals with the legacy of Nazism and the Holocaust.
In the course of the discussion, he gets to the nub of the current fuss in the United States over critical race theory and “divisive concepts” (emphasis added):
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Florida Man’s Republican cancel culture cancels (a lecture about) the Civil Rights Movement.
Afterthought:
I think that cancelling the Civil Rights Movement, not just lectures about it, would not be an unwelcome outcome in the eyes of today’s Republican Party.
Still Rising Again after All These Years,
Gutting Out the Vote Dept.
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Sam and his crew highlight the hypocrisy.
History through White-Colored Glasses 0
South Dakota’s governor wants to teach a “true and honest” (sic) version of American history that somehow does not mention America’s original sin of chattel slavery.
As someone who trained as an historian and whose ancestors wore the grey, I find the denial delusional. And vile beyond words.
Afterthought:
If one’s only option for protecting one’s political position is to lie to oneself (and others, including students), perhaps there’s something wrong with one’s political position.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Charles Blow decodes de code:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Walter Suza muses about the Trumpettes’ abortive attempt to seize the Capitol. A snippet:
Flying that flag inside the seat of the legislative branch of the U.S. government enabled Seefried to drag all of us back to a past some would rather leave unspoken.
On our way with him to the United States’ past, we stopped briefly in 2000 when Alabama became the last state to end a law prohibiting interracial marriage.
And we didn’t stop there.
Follow the link to join Suza as he takes us with him back through that past.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
In a fascinating example of history’s repeating itself, Karen Dunn and Roberta A. Kaplan explain how the increased racist militancy and violence of the New Secesh has breathed new life into the Ku Klux Klan act of 1871.
They Can’t Won’t Handle the Truth
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At The Philadelphia Inquirer, journalism professor Linn Washington Jr. looks at the continuing attempts to conceal* “critical race theory” (which, again, is not taught in schools; it’s grad school topic) and, indeed, any discussion of America’s history regarding race and racism, from school children. He concludes
Critical race theory is not an existential threat to America.
The greater threat remains continued denial of truths about racism.
Follow the link for his path to that conclusion.
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*Which, indeed, is what this is about: concealing truth in a cloud of pious, hypocritical “concern for the children.” They aren’t concerned about the children. They are concerned about their own damned white privilege.
Twits on Twitter 0
A twit who is still rising again after all these years.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
A Tennessee teacher was fired for teaching truth. Apparently, his own white privilege flew.
Here’s a bit of the report.
Then at the start of last school year, he made a pronouncement during a discussion about police shootings that would derail his career. White privilege, he told his nearly all-White class, is “a fact.”
He spoke truth to students. We can’t have that, now, can we?
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The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports on a long-time white supremacist, ex-KKK leader, and convicted felon running for local office in Georgia.
The report points out that, though not a common phenomenon, this is also not an isolated one in these Trumpled times. Given the increased boldness of white supremacists, bigots, and haters, I think the article is well worth a read. Here’s a tiny bit:
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Jennifer Kavanagh, a senior political scientist with the RAND Corp. and an expert on political disinformation, said candidates with Doles’ background have good reasons to see an opening in mainstream politics. The rapid spread of disinformation on social media, a hyperpolarized political environment and the increase power of partisan rhetoric have created fertile ground for such campaigns, she said.
