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Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0

It’s also on the curriculum in a nearby county’s public schools.

The Isle of Wight County School Board last week narrowly passed a revised policy that, among other things, states that “there is no systemic racism or bigotry perpetuated by the United States or any governmental entity.”

(snip)

Other new principles outlined in the policy include that “parents or guardians have the sole responsibility for guiding their children’s views on controversial topics” and that “no one is inherently a victim or oppressed due to their race (consciously or unconsciously), skin color, gender, religion, national origin, sex, medical condition, age, martial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, or disability.”

Aside:

Oh, yeah, by the way, it’s this county.

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Devolution 0

Title:  The Great Replacement.  Frame One, captioned

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The White-Washing 0

Why am I not surprised?

A Florida textbook publisher removed all references to race from a lesson about Rosa Parks, the Alabama civil rights hero, in an effort to get its books approved by a Florida committee, The New York Times reported Thursday.

. . . which is, natch, exactly what the New Secesh want: to pretend–and to teach the children–that the past never happened.

Full story at the link.

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The Way-Back Machinationist 0

Anthony Dixon argues that

DeSantis has chosen education as a tool to set this country back 100 years.

His reasoning is spot on (follow the link for details), but methinks his math is off.

A more accurate figure is 164 years.

Precisely 164 years.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Sam speaks with Suzanne Nossel about Florida Man’s thought police.

Afterthought:

Richard Nixon’s southern strategy has come full circle and consumed the Republican Party. Florida Man’s antics are rooted in America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the ideology of racism that was fabricated to justify it.

If you can’t see that, you just aren’t looking.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Facebook dances to the Boogaloo boogie.

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Missouri’s attempt at Nullification v. 2.0 fails in Federal Court, as anyone who understands the concept of a federal republic could have predicted.

Nullification was all the rage in the slave states the 1850s.

To cut through the multi-syllabic verbiage, nullification was an attempt to secede without actually seceding, and the New Secesh have decided to give it another whirl.

Afterthought:

As Mark Twain said, “History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

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

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The Seditionist Caucus 0

Thom argues that racism is and has long been a misdirection play.

And methinks he argues his point well.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Title:  Marjorie Taylor Greene, Time Traveler.  Image:  Abraham Lincoln says,

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

1960s, George Wallace screams

Via Yellowdoggranny.

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Still Rising Again after All Those Years 0

The ghost of the Grey Ghost saddles up.

And this surprises you how?

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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:

These days, we look back on McCarthyism and the Red Scare of the 1950s and wonder: Why did so many good people just stand by as Sen. Joseph McCarthy wrecked so many innocent people’s careers and lives to score political points?

The best answer to that question is another question: Why are we allowing it in Kansas, in 2023?

Follow the link for his reasoning.

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A Picture Is Worth 0

Image of little black girl being escorted to integrate a school during the Civil Rights struggle, captioned,

Via Yellowdoggranny.

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The Human Trafficker 0

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Caption:  GOP-Approved School Library.  Image:  Little school girl looking at rows of empty shelves in the school library.

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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:

We believe every student should have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the facts and evidence of the African American experience, regardless of where those students live.

Follow the link for the complete letter, in which they debunk in a detailed in a point-by-point manner Florida Man’s bunk.

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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.

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Showing Their True Colors 0

President delivering the State of the Union Address.  Republican rises, draped in the Stars and Bars, and asks,

Via Balloon Juice.

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If You Don’t Talk about It, It Didn’t Happen 0

Shevrin Jones decodes Florida Man’s code. A bit of the translation (emphasis added):

American history and African American history are inseparable. This nation was founded, and its economy was based, on the backs of enslaved people. Florida is doing its best to tilt the scales and shut down important, much-needed discussions of race, slavery, stolen lands and undeniable history that have led to where we are as a society today. By promoting education policy defined by repression, the governor and his administration have sent a distinct message: The lives and contributions of African Americans are not pertinent to children’s understanding of the country in which they live.

I commend the entire article to your attention.

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