Maybe in their push for historical suppression and revisionism Republicans are working toward the old idea of “benign neglect.” When problems, especially problems related to racial inequality seem to be politically inconvenient, some would gloss them over with a thin layer of reflective lacquer seal to make them dismissed as “just part of the past.”
The phrase was used by Patrick Moynihan in a memo to Richard Nixon in 1970 (See link) It caused a slight stir at the time, but seems largely forgotten now. After 100 years, the Tulsa Massacre should not be forgotten as a method of benign neglect because it would “upset” people. It should not be deleted from any of the nation’s textbooks.
And while the topic of historical deletion is in controversy, we should make sure that the widespread genocide against Native Americans is not glossed over, either. Likely it will also be a prime subject for continued purposed neglect. It was quite literally meant to cancel a culture:
Wanna talk about cover-ups? There was the Inquisition, probably gets one line in our history books. Witches in Salem? Never happened. The Mormon massacre of an entire wagon train? You must be mistaken, it was Indians did that. Name your favorite cover up, here………
The Party of White Grievance Has Never Cared About DemocracyFrom the Democrats of the Civil War era to the Republicans of the Trump years, the white party has always posed the greatest threat to our political system.
By the way…Donald Trump’s blog site, designed to give the disgraced former U.S. president an online outlet after he was banned from Twitter, Facebook and other services, has been permanently shuttered about a month after it debuted.
The blog, called “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump,” has been removed from his personal site (donaldjtrump.com) along with all posts. A senior aide to Trump, Jason Miller, told CNBC that the blog section will not be returning and that it was “just auxiliary to the broader efforts we have and are working on.”
Translation: It was a nationwide LAUGHING STOCK which just emphasized hos INSANE trump has gotten since he LOST THE ELECTION!!!
I think we need to learn the truth being depicted in both panels. Sadly, and admittingly to my embarrassment, I just learned about the Tulsa massacre this week, and was very repulsed and saddened at what happened and how such a thing like that could happen, it was terrible. And as to the 1/6 investigation, it needs to happen, so we can better understand what went wrong. Is it wishful thinking that these investigations can be carried out objectively without the hate?
Frankly I thought the Greenwood centennial would get more press than it’s gotten, but I’m glad that it’s gotten as much press as it has. I’d never heard of “Black Wall Street” until HBO’s “Watchmen” series (it also gets treated in “Lovecraft Country”), and knowing that such a thing happened, in this country, in the lifetime of some who are still living (with so little recognition) is appalling.
Rogue elephants1 : a vicious elephant that separates from the herd and roams alone. 2 : one whose behavior resembles that of a rogue elephant in being aberrant or independent. Merriam Webster.
I’ve visited many states, N-S-E-W. I find the same mentality in all of them, primarily in rural areas, and ironically often where Christianity is strongly promoted (so much for the “god is love” mantra) . In urban areas, non-whites are usually segregated to their own neighborhoods, stereotyped by whites, and ignored, unless they cross that imaginary “red line” in large enough numbers to be considered a “threat” to property values and the white “American middle class”.
As a sometime academic and someone who hopefully believes in Truth, I believe that it is very important that history—the good and the bad—be understood and taught as truthfully as possible—here in Canada (where 215 children’s bodies were just discovered on the grounds of a residential school), the US, and around the world. Racism, imperialism, and colonialism are all important parts of history.
(I believe that recently an American legislature opined that the history of slavery should be taught, “the good, the bad, and the ugly”—a common phrase, but one that had to be walked back because it mistakenly suggested that there was anything “good” about it.)
The teaching of history in US schools has long been a controversial topic. Important works in the history of the teaching of history can be found, for instance, in:
Frances FitzGerald’s 1979 America Revised: History Shoolbooks in the Twentieth Century
James W. Loewen’s 1995 (revised 2018?) Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Nash, Crabtree, & Dunn’s 2000 History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past (Culture War launched by Lynn Cheney against the National History Standards)
However, I don’t think that I can buy into “critical race theory,” which seems to me, like many “post-modernist” academic pursuits, a conclusion in search of any evidence that fits. That’s not how scholarship is supposed to work. (Of course, many “post-modernist” “scholars” will contend that the very concept of “scholarship” is a racist or authoritarian concept. See, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair )
Legislation is a very blunt instrument, and the current push by conservatives to keep students from learning anything bad about US history is made blunter by the fact that nobody really knows what “critical race theory” is, or exactly what conservatives want banned. For instance:
“A bill signed into law by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt bans lessons that include the concept that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex,” that a person’s “moral character is inherently determined by his or her race or sex,” or that someone should feel discomfort, guilt or distress on account of their race or sex. " —https://www.npr.org/2021/05/28/1000537206/teachers-laws-banning-critical-race-theory-are-leading-to-self-censorship
Would anyone like to step up to defend those concept banned in Oklahoma?
Still, it seems to me that legislatures should really butt out of curriculum.
“Paul Kleiman, a high school history teacher in Round Rock, said he’s concerned about the provision in Texas’ bill that would require him to teach all sides of current events and ugly chapters in history without giving any side deference. He asked how he would do that when teaching subjects such as the Holocaust, or the civil rights movement.
“‘Does the state of Texas want me to stand up and spend class time saying, well, let’s look at all sides of this topic?’ Kleiman said. ‘I don’t think that’s what the state of Texas wants. But that’s what this bill does.’” —ibidem
Daeder almost 3 years ago
“Cancel culture” strikes again! Any history we don’t like will be suppressed!
Concretionist almost 3 years ago
They truly ARE the party of white supremacy. And the obscenely rich. And anti-democracy.
Masterskrain Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Sorry but you can’t be reminded of where our voter base came from…
Cpeckbourlioux almost 3 years ago
In any war, the victors write the history books. Who will win the race war, and what will they write?
lopaka almost 3 years ago
The communists were the masters of altering history….. until now.
PraiseofFolly almost 3 years ago
Maybe in their push for historical suppression and revisionism Republicans are working toward the old idea of “benign neglect.” When problems, especially problems related to racial inequality seem to be politically inconvenient, some would gloss them over with a thin layer of reflective lacquer seal to make them dismissed as “just part of the past.”
The phrase was used by Patrick Moynihan in a memo to Richard Nixon in 1970 (See link) It caused a slight stir at the time, but seems largely forgotten now. After 100 years, the Tulsa Massacre should not be forgotten as a method of benign neglect because it would “upset” people. It should not be deleted from any of the nation’s textbooks.
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/united-states-and-canada/us-history/benign-neglect
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/united-states-and-canada/us-history/benign-neglect
And while the topic of historical deletion is in controversy, we should make sure that the widespread genocide against Native Americans is not glossed over, either. Likely it will also be a prime subject for continued purposed neglect. It was quite literally meant to cancel a culture:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bury_My_Heart_at_Wounded_Knee
https://waldina.com/2013/04/26/banned-books-that-shaped-america-bury-my-heart-at-wounded-knee/
rossevrymn almost 3 years ago
dysfunction junction, dey got no compunction
FrankErnesto almost 3 years ago
Wanna talk about cover-ups? There was the Inquisition, probably gets one line in our history books. Witches in Salem? Never happened. The Mormon massacre of an entire wagon train? You must be mistaken, it was Indians did that. Name your favorite cover up, here………
Zebrastripes almost 3 years ago
…yet history repeats it self over and over….
Michael G. almost 3 years ago
Why you picking on the poor persecuted pachyderm?
The Love of Money is . . . almost 3 years ago
Today ‘we bail out’ Wall Street . . . how ironic and pathetic.
VegaAlopex almost 3 years ago
To note my favorite justice, William Brennan, on civil suits: Let all the facts come out.
Radish the wordsmith almost 3 years ago
Psychotic republicans have their own delusional anti democracy history.
librarylady59 almost 3 years ago
The Party of White Grievance Has Never Cared About DemocracyFrom the Democrats of the Civil War era to the Republicans of the Trump years, the white party has always posed the greatest threat to our political system.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democracy-race-power/?fbclid=IwAR0S8DK_lMplv_HM-9Uo8IXNWJRc0pTzVbraswmTJ7W7Nk9ydnmwlJKWxuM
Bookworm almost 3 years ago
Just another “inconvenient truth,” I suppose. /s
Masterskrain Premium Member almost 3 years ago
By the way…Donald Trump’s blog site, designed to give the disgraced former U.S. president an online outlet after he was banned from Twitter, Facebook and other services, has been permanently shuttered about a month after it debuted.
The blog, called “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump,” has been removed from his personal site (donaldjtrump.com) along with all posts. A senior aide to Trump, Jason Miller, told CNBC that the blog section will not be returning and that it was “just auxiliary to the broader efforts we have and are working on.”
Translation: It was a nationwide LAUGHING STOCK which just emphasized hos INSANE trump has gotten since he LOST THE ELECTION!!!
IndyW almost 3 years ago
I think we need to learn the truth being depicted in both panels. Sadly, and admittingly to my embarrassment, I just learned about the Tulsa massacre this week, and was very repulsed and saddened at what happened and how such a thing like that could happen, it was terrible. And as to the 1/6 investigation, it needs to happen, so we can better understand what went wrong. Is it wishful thinking that these investigations can be carried out objectively without the hate?
cmxx almost 3 years ago
The Tulsa massacre was not the only one.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/06/01/tulsa-race-massacres-silence-schools/
fritzoid Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Frankly I thought the Greenwood centennial would get more press than it’s gotten, but I’m glad that it’s gotten as much press as it has. I’d never heard of “Black Wall Street” until HBO’s “Watchmen” series (it also gets treated in “Lovecraft Country”), and knowing that such a thing happened, in this country, in the lifetime of some who are still living (with so little recognition) is appalling.
Valiant1943 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
A page out of George Orwell’s 1984
grumpypophobart almost 3 years ago
Rogue elephants1 : a vicious elephant that separates from the herd and roams alone. 2 : one whose behavior resembles that of a rogue elephant in being aberrant or independent. Merriam Webster.
sevaar777 almost 3 years ago
I’ve visited many states, N-S-E-W. I find the same mentality in all of them, primarily in rural areas, and ironically often where Christianity is strongly promoted (so much for the “god is love” mantra) . In urban areas, non-whites are usually segregated to their own neighborhoods, stereotyped by whites, and ignored, unless they cross that imaginary “red line” in large enough numbers to be considered a “threat” to property values and the white “American middle class”.
cherns Premium Member almost 3 years ago
As a sometime academic and someone who hopefully believes in Truth, I believe that it is very important that history—the good and the bad—be understood and taught as truthfully as possible—here in Canada (where 215 children’s bodies were just discovered on the grounds of a residential school), the US, and around the world. Racism, imperialism, and colonialism are all important parts of history.
(I believe that recently an American legislature opined that the history of slavery should be taught, “the good, the bad, and the ugly”—a common phrase, but one that had to be walked back because it mistakenly suggested that there was anything “good” about it.)
The teaching of history in US schools has long been a controversial topic. Important works in the history of the teaching of history can be found, for instance, in:
Frances FitzGerald’s 1979 America Revised: History Shoolbooks in the Twentieth Century
James W. Loewen’s 1995 (revised 2018?) Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Nash, Crabtree, & Dunn’s 2000 History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past (Culture War launched by Lynn Cheney against the National History Standards)
… and of course many others.
(continued…)
cherns Premium Member almost 3 years ago
(…continued)
However, I don’t think that I can buy into “critical race theory,” which seems to me, like many “post-modernist” academic pursuits, a conclusion in search of any evidence that fits. That’s not how scholarship is supposed to work. (Of course, many “post-modernist” “scholars” will contend that the very concept of “scholarship” is a racist or authoritarian concept. See, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair )
Legislation is a very blunt instrument, and the current push by conservatives to keep students from learning anything bad about US history is made blunter by the fact that nobody really knows what “critical race theory” is, or exactly what conservatives want banned. For instance:
“A bill signed into law by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt bans lessons that include the concept that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex,” that a person’s “moral character is inherently determined by his or her race or sex,” or that someone should feel discomfort, guilt or distress on account of their race or sex. " —https://www.npr.org/2021/05/28/1000537206/teachers-laws-banning-critical-race-theory-are-leading-to-self-censorship
Would anyone like to step up to defend those concept banned in Oklahoma?
Still, it seems to me that legislatures should really butt out of curriculum.
“Paul Kleiman, a high school history teacher in Round Rock, said he’s concerned about the provision in Texas’ bill that would require him to teach all sides of current events and ugly chapters in history without giving any side deference. He asked how he would do that when teaching subjects such as the Holocaust, or the civil rights movement.
“‘Does the state of Texas want me to stand up and spend class time saying, well, let’s look at all sides of this topic?’ Kleiman said. ‘I don’t think that’s what the state of Texas wants. But that’s what this bill does.’” —ibidem