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Showing posts with label historical amnesia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historical amnesia. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Historical amnesia: "The Militarization of the Southern Border Is a Long-Standing American Tradition."

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There is very little "new" under the sun, but with the advent of the internetz and social media, there are numerous and innovat...
Tuesday, December 04, 2018

Current appreciation for the late George HW Bush? "It's largely rooted in appreciating who he was not: he was not his son, and most importantly, he was not Donald Trump."

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Photo credit. Thanks to D for the link. This essay is the best short statement I've seen about something that isn't being seen....
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Saturday, March 31, 2018

Even as we foresee the Champs-Ély-Jéffrey, Berlin "contends with street names of a brutal, overlooked past."

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As we know, it isn't about street names alone. The recent trials and tribulations of Confederate statuary in Louisville are well docume...
Sunday, May 07, 2017

Authoritarian nostalgia, or historical education as antidote to historical amnesia.

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Photo credit. It goes without saying that "historical amnesia" appears to be the basis of the curriculum in the United Stat...
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