The Secesh category archive

“Southern gentlemen.”

Republican racism frolics, just down the road a piece.

Via Job’s Anger.

If you have not read the autobiography of Frederick Douglass, do so now. I just did, for the first time I feel shame to say. Douglass was a fine writer and the book is short; you can read it in three hours or so. Be prepared for discomfort; words are not minced.

Do yourself an extra favor and skip the bloviating introductions by William Lloyd Garrison et al., which illustrate every pomposity of Victorian writing. Go right to Douglass’s narrative.

When you are done, you will have a better understanding of and historical context for today’s Republican Party and the “religious right.”

Via C&L.

Sam and his guest explain how Donald Trump’s opposition to “birthright” citizenship echoes of the Secesh.

Yes indeedy-do. Nothing says “Christmas” quite like the flag of secession, subjugation, and slavery.

Honest to Pete, you can’t make this stuff up.

Excerpt from Ken Burns’s statements:

The main American theme, I think, is freedom. But we also notice that race is always there. . . .

And we struggle with it. We try to ignore it. We pretend, with the election of Barack Obama, that we’re in some post-racial society. And what we have seen is a kind of reaction to this. The birther movement, of which Donald Trump is one of the authors of, is another politer way of saying the N word. It’s just more sophisticated and a little bit more clever. He’s ‘other.’

What’s actually ‘other’ and different about him? It turns out it’s the same old thing. It’s the color of his skin.

Via Raw Story.

Steven M reflects on the New Confederate Party.

The “conservative”–er–“movement” strips off its disguise.

George Fitzhugh would be so proud.

Afterthought:

No doubt hasty attempts will be made to replace the mask and pretend that there’s nothing to see here move along now.

Unreconstructed rebels resort to the I know I am, but what are you? defense.

The boys are rallyin’ around the flag (emphasis added):

Dozens of Confederate flag-flying vehicles and supporters lined the sides of North Main Street during a rally in support of the cloth Saturday at the Sutherlin Mansion — where speakers spread a message of love and peaceful protests.

No self-awareness. No self-awareness whatsoever.

More tales of love and peace at the link.

In this case, the play is Straight Outta Compton, which seems to be catching a lot of consciences.

Separate and unequal, still a thing: The Tampa Bay Times tells one story of re-segregation in the present.

In just eight years, Pinellas County School Board members turned five schools in the county’s black neighborhoods into some of the worst in Florida.

First they abandoned integration, leaving the schools overwhelmingly poor and black.

Then they broke promises of more money and resources.

Then — as black children started failing at outrageous rates, as overstressed teachers walked off the job, as middle class families fled en masse — the board stood by and did nothing.

Follow the link for the rest of the story.

Via Rubber Hose.