I go into this in my next response, but this sentence really is breathtaking.
"The Constitution guaranteed equal rights for all but it took 90 years and hundreds of thousands of white lives sacrificed before we could even rid ourselves of slavery?"
Yes breathtaking and as you said indicative of Michael's ignorance. I'm currently working o…
I go into this in my next response, but this sentence really is breathtaking.
"The Constitution guaranteed equal rights for all but it took 90 years and hundreds of thousands of white lives sacrificed before we could even rid ourselves of slavery?"
Yes breathtaking and as you said indicative of Michael's ignorance. I'm currently working on a historical fiction piece that occurs during and right after over 200 black men women and children were massacred in East St. Louis Illinois in 1918. My point is the sacrifice of white people Michael mentions is to severely narrow the focus. Like wearing glasses with only a small hole in the center so all one can see is right in front of them.
"Like wearing glasses with only a small hole in the center so all one can see is right in front of them."
This is exactly it! It's natural to tend to focus on certain aspects of history. But to ignore so much and focus on so little is ridiculous. Of course, this practiced ignorance is why some people are able to hold such crazy views. The antidote to so many problems, from the "woke" left to the racism-denying right, is education.
I go into this in my next response, but this sentence really is breathtaking.
"The Constitution guaranteed equal rights for all but it took 90 years and hundreds of thousands of white lives sacrificed before we could even rid ourselves of slavery?"
Yes breathtaking and as you said indicative of Michael's ignorance. I'm currently working on a historical fiction piece that occurs during and right after over 200 black men women and children were massacred in East St. Louis Illinois in 1918. My point is the sacrifice of white people Michael mentions is to severely narrow the focus. Like wearing glasses with only a small hole in the center so all one can see is right in front of them.
"Like wearing glasses with only a small hole in the center so all one can see is right in front of them."
This is exactly it! It's natural to tend to focus on certain aspects of history. But to ignore so much and focus on so little is ridiculous. Of course, this practiced ignorance is why some people are able to hold such crazy views. The antidote to so many problems, from the "woke" left to the racism-denying right, is education.