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If I steal from you, you will be affected long after the crime. If I stab you, you will bleed long after I have been detained. If I set you on fire, you will wince at the sight of a match long after I have served my time. The ending of an injustice is not… Continue reading The New Case for Reparations

I once wrote on how I believed statues of confederate soldiers, such as Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis should be taken down and my opinion on the subject hasn’t changed. So it would stand to reason that my opinion regarding the Stone Mountain controversy would follow a similar course and it would be more… Continue reading Stone Mountain Controversy

~Helper on Slavery- The Racist Abolitionist~ Consider this- a racist abolitionist. It’s crazy to think about because when most think of abolition they think of eradicating slavery for the sake of slaves. But upholding moral righteousness for the sake of those shackled by servitude was not on Hinton Helper’s mind or political agenda when he… Continue reading Hinton Rowan Helper

~How Harriet Beecher Stowe helped Precipitate the Civil War and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Book Review~ “So you’re the little lady who wrote the book that started this great war.” – Former President Abraham Lincoln And to think, one of the greatest wars in the western hemisphere was precipitated by a book and a heavy heart-… Continue reading How Harriet Beecher Stowe helped Precipitate the Civil War and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Book Review

Edward Snowden “For now, know that every border you cross, every purchase you make, every call you dial, every cell phone tower you pass, friend you keep, article you write, site you visit, subject line you type, and packet you route is in the hands of a system whose reach is unlimited, but who’s safeguards… Continue reading Edward Snowden

Did you learn about a hero in high school history? Or about a hateful racist? Depending on which historian you found favor with a few nights ago at Bucknell’s panel to discuss infamous Winston Churchill you either left an avid defender or an emphatic cynic against the former Prime Minister and leader of the United… Continue reading “Winston Churchill: Hero and/or Colonialist”

“What should be done about the Confederate Monuments at the Gettysburg National Military Park?” “This week it’s Robert E. Lee, I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder, is it George Washington next week and is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does… Continue reading Confederate Monuments

Is America foundationally racist? Is America’s proud identity of an economic and global superpower, the young nation of rebels and revolutionists, the “land of the brave, and home of the free,” and so forth and so forth so fragile that it cannot acknowledge its institution of racism and its blatantly racist foundations without making the… Continue reading Is America Foundationally Racist

If the question is whether the United States is entering into a burgeoning phase of staunch dividedness, so much so as to be regarded as a new era of civil war, the safe answer is first and foremost a no. Despite seemingly constant civil turmoil and everyday run of the mill hostility portrayed from news… Continue reading New Civil War?

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