... that it's Black History Month. I forgot. An easy thing to do when you're as untethered to any institution as I am right now (discounting the institution of marriage which knows no Black or White, or any Wrong or Right.) You know I'm kiddin' about marriage, right?
Anyway, I finally copped on to the fact that it was time for our annual and peculiarly American malady, Racial Reaction Formation, when I started to read fascinating longform pieces that dealt with the history of 20th century American race relations in its many manifestations. It's much on my mind as I prepare myself to enter what has become Ground Zero in American inequality, the nation's public schools.
Here's a link to Part I of Tanner Colby's multipart piece in Slate, The Massive Liberal Failure on Race, and yes, the title sounds like the clickbait it's supposed to be. But, you know what? I largely agree with what he's written.
Anyway, I finally copped on to the fact that it was time for our annual and peculiarly American malady, Racial Reaction Formation, when I started to read fascinating longform pieces that dealt with the history of 20th century American race relations in its many manifestations. It's much on my mind as I prepare myself to enter what has become Ground Zero in American inequality, the nation's public schools.
Here's a link to Part I of Tanner Colby's multipart piece in Slate, The Massive Liberal Failure on Race, and yes, the title sounds like the clickbait it's supposed to be. But, you know what? I largely agree with what he's written.
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