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Category Archives: Racism
On taking a knee
When I was a teenager the 1980’s there was a spate of burning the Stars and Stripes in the US, as a protest to Ronald Reagan’s policies. Which particular policy is hard to remember as Ronnie had a whole heap … Continue reading
We the people have to keep striving for equality and justice for all
We the people of America, we have a problem with racism. Like many of you, I watched the events in Charlottesville, from the safety of my home, in horror, tears and blinding anger. Ostensibly, these folks are angry that a … Continue reading
On ending the myth of the Lost Cause
During Reconstruction, that horrific impoverished period in the US South after the Civil War, the Cult of the Lost Cause (of the Confederacy) took its roots in the minds and attitudes of Southerners and indeed of the nation as a … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Statues, Confederacy, Racism
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On the removal of our Southern ‘heritage’
In the US South, in various places, confederate statues are being removed. In New Orleans Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, General Beauregard – all these relics of the Confederate past are being transported to a legacy of cobwebs, pigeon-shit and … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Statues, Confederacy, Racism
Tagged Civil War Statues, Confederacy, New Orleans, Racism
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That dumb flag – It’s time to let it go
I miss my home town. I miss the sound of cicadids on a summer evening. I miss the construction of a fine, Southern sentence. I miss running around in bare feet. I miss catching fireflies and putting them in a … Continue reading
Posted in Confederacy, Racism, Uncategorized
Tagged Confederate flag, Dylann Roof, Heritage not hate
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Women and Minorities have got it good, if they are fictional of course.
As all y’all know, because I am constantly reminding everyone, I am from Tennessee. I like to think I am not racist and I really sincerely hope I am not racist, but the culture I grew up in has a … Continue reading
Catch a Tiger by the Toe
Last week Donald Sterling, former owner of the LA Clippers Basketball team was banned for life from the sport and given a $2.5m fine from the US National Basketball Association over his rather overt racist remarks. The arguments against this … Continue reading
