Jan 17, 2023·edited Jan 17, 2023Liked by Bill Alstrom (MA-Maine-MA)
I remain angry that I learned about Custers Last Stand and other “significant” details, but why did I only learn of the Tulsa Massacre recently? We don’t teach our gravest sins to our children so the little darlings won’t feel guilty. It’s what we do. And it’s wrong.
The United States advertises itself as something it has never been: a place that values equality among all humans. We live on stolen land and play fantasy games with each other about who we are and what we stand for. This country has a long history of class warfare, racism, and two different systems of reality: one for the unwashed masses and one for the wealthy. We loudly proclaim that anyone can cross the invisible lines by working hard and following the rules. And those are both lies.
Some of us have ancestors who were chattel slaves and many of us are mentally enslaved now by the lies passed on down through generations.
I remain angry that I learned about Custers Last Stand and other “significant” details, but why did I only learn of the Tulsa Massacre recently? We don’t teach our gravest sins to our children so the little darlings won’t feel guilty. It’s what we do. And it’s wrong.
This shows how deeply entrenched racism and white supremacy is in the southern states. It is disgraceful and sickening.
The United States advertises itself as something it has never been: a place that values equality among all humans. We live on stolen land and play fantasy games with each other about who we are and what we stand for. This country has a long history of class warfare, racism, and two different systems of reality: one for the unwashed masses and one for the wealthy. We loudly proclaim that anyone can cross the invisible lines by working hard and following the rules. And those are both lies.
Some of us have ancestors who were chattel slaves and many of us are mentally enslaved now by the lies passed on down through generations.
It's more than just willful ignorance, isn't it? Those who still honor the Confederacy are just savage, cruel people.
Thank you Bill. I’m horrified by these facts but I didn’t know and I should. The voting rights bill becomes even more apparently necessary.
And the climate crisis and education and …
But first voting rights, because I think you are right the majority will move us in the right direction.
Well said and analyzed!!