The Secesh category archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Charles M. Blow discusses how Virginia’s governor-elect Youngkin won the election by playing the oldest card in the American deck.
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Michael Paul Williams takes a look at the recent election in Virginia. Methinks he has a point, for the last thing many white Americans want to do is confront the dark reality of America’s history. Here’s a bit; follow the link for the rest.
In the 1970s, white parents fled to the suburbs rather than have their children sit in a classroom with Black children. Today, parents in suburban locales such as Chesterfield, Hanover, Loudoun and Stafford counties are trying to keep the history of anti-Black racism out of the classroom.
America’s original sin (and the denial thereof) casts a long and dark shadow.
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San Marcos, Texas, Police Department sued for tearing a new sheet out of an old book.
All the History that Fits 0
The bigots and racists moving to ban the teaching of critical race theory and, indeed, the facts of America’s history of enslavement and racism claim they are trying to protect their children’s tender little fee-fees from damage.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Dr. Amanda Fialk argues that, in contrast, not teaching truthful history will have detrimental effects. A snippet:
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Just as the teaching of CRT in schools is vital to the mental health of children of color, abandoning CRT in schools could negatively impact the mental health of white children. Stated simply, CRT calls for critical thinking. Critical thinking allows for the development of empathy, empathic conversations, and open and honest dialogues about race. Practicing empathy is important in building and maintaining secure social attachments, connections, and relationships.
Follow the link for the rest.
(Broken link fixed.)
The Eastman Codex 0
An undercover reporter busts John Eastman’s cover. Sam and his crew discuss the implications of this. (John Eastman is the lawyer who wrote the memo justifying Donald Trump’s January 6 coup d’etat attempt.)
Still Rising Again after All These Years,
Confederacy of Dunces Dept.
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The saddest thing about this is that it is completely believable.
All the History that Fits 0
It is an unpleasant reality that truth can be divisive. Indeed, it can alienate those who don’t want to face it.
Just across the river and up the road a piece, the war against truth continues:
Natch, it’s the persons who don’t want to hear the truth who would arrogate to themselves the right to decide what’s “divisive.”
Follow the link for more.
The Switch 0
A Republican with integrity. Who knew?
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Down home in Alabama . . . .
Much more rising again at the link.
Limitations of Statues 0
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Maureen Downey looks at efforts to change the names of schools honoring the Secesh and the obstacles those efforts are encountering. A snippet:
The SPLC inventory revealed the effectiveness of a campaign by United Daughters of the Confederacy to rebrand the events of the Civil War as heroic, especially through the naming of Southern schools. “These names are living symbols of white supremacy, and there is a difference between remembering history and showing a reverence for it,” said Lecia Brooks, chief of staff for the SPLC, during a recent media briefing. “Removing namesakes that celebrate a revisionist Confederate past does not erase history; it corrects it.”
Myth America 0
Billy Field argues that truth matters, even when some of it hurts.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Mona Charen warns that the party of the new secesh poses a clear and present danger.
Afterthought:
It all boils down to America’s original sin of chattel slavery, the racism which was created to justify it, and the racists whose self-esteem rests only on the color of their skins.
The Making of a Myth 0
Emma and her guest discuss the birth of a notion: the story of the “Lost Cause” amd the major role played in its creation by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Full Disclosure:
I had ancestors who belonged to the UDC.
They Can’t Won’t Handle the Truth
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Charles M. Blow takes a critical look at the who-shot-john over critical race theory in elementary and secondary schools, where, remember, it is not taught (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the complete piece.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk points out that Richard Nixon’s loathsome “southern strategy” is alive and well in Virginia’s Republican Party.
Limitations of Statues 0
F. T. Rea muses on the removal of Confederate Statues from Richmond’s Monument Avenue and what it may mean for the future. Here’s a bit:
Fast-fowarding to more recent times, with his taking-a-knee gesture, Colin Kaepernick was right. Forced reverence should be challenged.