Running racism in America thread

this is worth reading

The History That James Baldwin Wanted America To See

 

From today's statue of limitations report:

Twins remove statue of former owner for racist remarks he made in 1978

 

this too

James Baldwin: Letter from a Region in My Mind

 

Two days ago, protesters in Portland tore down a statue of Thomas Jefferson. Last night, they got George Washington.

Called it!

 

Redskins (!) remove Marshall statue.

 

In read the book, "A Class Divided", in grade school.

 

I went through a SimSoc program a few years ago. It was fascinating to see how quickly shifted to norms based on what “color group” they were in. Despite everyone in the group of 50 some being college educated and many with advanced degrees, almost none could think outside of what their group dynamic was.

 

I did as well. Also watched "The Wave" when it aired as part of ABC's After School Specials....then graduated from the same school as Bruce Davison (star of the Wave).

 

Was it Helen Hunt the drug user who jumped out of a window in one of those After School Specials?

Helen Hunt jumps out a window

 

I showed the Wave in a class. There was a German exchange student, tall blonde kid, who started saluting me with the Wave's salute. It was funny in the moment, but looking back on it, there's some cognitive dissonance I have.

 

Tesla sez employees can take off Juneteenth unpaid. (Why would you need permission?) If Musk didn't have bad looks, he wouldn't have any look at all.

 

The Times with a nice Juneteenth section today.

How We Juneteenth