The Secesh category archive
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?
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
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.
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Charles M. Blow discusses how Virginia’s governor-elect Youngkin won the election by playing the oldest card in the American deck.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
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.