It feels like we're living in the second Reconstruction. Unlike Germany, this country has never reckoned with its history. We make progress, and then regress again. It is beyond depressing.
We have never reckoned with the REALITY that was slavery. We have never reckoned with the lies that led to Viet Nam War. Never have we had a commission to evaluate the many mistakes (including torture directed by Bush/Cheney administration) made after 9-11. Or reviewed the words and actions of those who dissented from those wrong choices and missteps. We always just want to forget and move on. Therefore we will never learn from our mistakes
I believe that prior to Trump most racists knew to be quiet in public or at least low key and indirect. That and Obama’s election misled us to think things were getting better. Trump gave permission and pandora’s box flew open with every racist coming out. “Good people on both sides “. Etc.
Watching you ON FIRE on MSNBC with Nicole Wallace.
I’m over here screaming at the TV saying “That’s right!” - “Go on, tell it, Eddie.” “Preach Eddie!” — thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I know you’re feeling better. We need to call it what it is — this gerrymandering is exactly that: RACIST! And yes, I read this piece — I agree. In my simplistic words, a lot of what happened when George Floyd was murdered was clearly performative. And sadly, we believed America, White folk, understood something now. I believed it. But as you so eloquently stated - quoting Imani Perry - as they remove stories of Black folk, the life of Black folk, inequality becomes invisible. So powerful. Thank you. I’m glad you’re feeling better. But thank you for speaking for me today on this show.
Agree wholeheartedly with this assessment of our society. I recently began a deep dive into the Civil War and Reconstruction. There is no mistaking the evil origins of our current state of affairs. I am also continually more aware of the failings of the education system that I experienced as a child and young adult in omitting the truth of our racial and racist history. I’m grateful to you Prof. Glaude for continuing to speak out and educate on this critical moral issue that undergirds so much of what is happening now. I dearly hope you are heard and understood by more and more Americans and I speak of it every chance I get.
(I am presently reading The Children of Men by P. D. James published in 1990 which is prescient as it deals with a society and government much like our own, fraught with racism, autocracy, and economic inequities. Thank you for continuing to remind us of the trouble we’re seeing unfold daily perpetrated by DJT and his cadre of congressional sycophants. Hopefully, there is a balm “to heal our Nation’s sin sick soul!”)
Thanks for another great commentary. I can only add that there has always been a whitelash to any progress in racial equality. Moreover, during the 70s and 80s, people who warned that there was a great number of white Americans who were lamenting the loss of the Civil War by the South and working towards the rise of a neo-Confederacy weren't taken seriously, and now this is what America is. As such, African Americans and all African peoples must develop a better strategy than begging their oppressors to be nice to them. At some point, the development of economic sovereignty must combine with political engagement and educational equity if African peoples ever hope to be free of the constant onslaught of those infected with white supremacy.
I think the Democrats have forced blacks to move to the back of bus in favor of LGBTQXYZ+ as that group is perceived as less threatening to the masses and have more disposable income.
It feels like we're living in the second Reconstruction. Unlike Germany, this country has never reckoned with its history. We make progress, and then regress again. It is beyond depressing.
Yes, “this country has never reckoned with its history “ pretty much sums things up. And because of this America cannot ever live up to its potential
We have never reckoned with the REALITY that was slavery. We have never reckoned with the lies that led to Viet Nam War. Never have we had a commission to evaluate the many mistakes (including torture directed by Bush/Cheney administration) made after 9-11. Or reviewed the words and actions of those who dissented from those wrong choices and missteps. We always just want to forget and move on. Therefore we will never learn from our mistakes
I believe that prior to Trump most racists knew to be quiet in public or at least low key and indirect. That and Obama’s election misled us to think things were getting better. Trump gave permission and pandora’s box flew open with every racist coming out. “Good people on both sides “. Etc.
Watching you ON FIRE on MSNBC with Nicole Wallace.
I’m over here screaming at the TV saying “That’s right!” - “Go on, tell it, Eddie.” “Preach Eddie!” — thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I know you’re feeling better. We need to call it what it is — this gerrymandering is exactly that: RACIST! And yes, I read this piece — I agree. In my simplistic words, a lot of what happened when George Floyd was murdered was clearly performative. And sadly, we believed America, White folk, understood something now. I believed it. But as you so eloquently stated - quoting Imani Perry - as they remove stories of Black folk, the life of Black folk, inequality becomes invisible. So powerful. Thank you. I’m glad you’re feeling better. But thank you for speaking for me today on this show.
I continue to appreciate you and the ideas you put across. I especially love and appreciate your kind and loving heart. 💓
Agree wholeheartedly with this assessment of our society. I recently began a deep dive into the Civil War and Reconstruction. There is no mistaking the evil origins of our current state of affairs. I am also continually more aware of the failings of the education system that I experienced as a child and young adult in omitting the truth of our racial and racist history. I’m grateful to you Prof. Glaude for continuing to speak out and educate on this critical moral issue that undergirds so much of what is happening now. I dearly hope you are heard and understood by more and more Americans and I speak of it every chance I get.
In sadness, I watch,
As the quicksand of racism,
Drowns humanism.
History again,
Repeating its worst aspects,
Brings us into hell.
Where’s Gilead’s balm?
Have we lost it forever?
Is hope a mirage?
(I am presently reading The Children of Men by P. D. James published in 1990 which is prescient as it deals with a society and government much like our own, fraught with racism, autocracy, and economic inequities. Thank you for continuing to remind us of the trouble we’re seeing unfold daily perpetrated by DJT and his cadre of congressional sycophants. Hopefully, there is a balm “to heal our Nation’s sin sick soul!”)
Thanks for another great commentary. I can only add that there has always been a whitelash to any progress in racial equality. Moreover, during the 70s and 80s, people who warned that there was a great number of white Americans who were lamenting the loss of the Civil War by the South and working towards the rise of a neo-Confederacy weren't taken seriously, and now this is what America is. As such, African Americans and all African peoples must develop a better strategy than begging their oppressors to be nice to them. At some point, the development of economic sovereignty must combine with political engagement and educational equity if African peoples ever hope to be free of the constant onslaught of those infected with white supremacy.
At this point "racism" is a pathology , it bars people from living their best life , to exist for destruction of other people
I think the Democrats have forced blacks to move to the back of bus in favor of LGBTQXYZ+ as that group is perceived as less threatening to the masses and have more disposable income.