The Clinton administration's mantra was, "It's the Economy, Stupid." In this (pretend like we're) color-blind society where the problem is "anything but race," I say we gotta confront the problem of race straight on, and work on REALLY understanding how we got where we got, and where we want to go from here, and how to get there together.
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
The Fourth
I hope it is possible today to both celebrate the quest for freedom from tyranny that motivated those revolutionaries of 1776 AND acknowledge their blatantly undeniable flaws and limitations. Keep fighting the good fight for justice and equality, my sisters and brothers, patriots. For a challenging read to counter the shallow jingoism of the day: Frederick Douglass' speech on the 4th