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Barry’s Blog # 418: Veterans’ Day – or “Sacrifice of the Children Day”? Part Two of Two
You can’t stop me. I spend 30,000 men a month. – Napoleon I would rather have a dead son than a disobedient one. – Martin Luther ¡Que viva la muerte! – Francisco Franco Yes, the desire for vengeance and the … Continue reading
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Barry’s Blog # 417: Veterans’ Day – or “Sacrifice of the Children Day”? Part One of Two
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. – It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. – Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) If any question why we died, tell them, because our fathers lied. – Rudyard Kipling So if … Continue reading
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Barry’s Blog # 416: Who is an American? A Timeline, Part Eight of Eight
Part Eight: 2010-Present We have got to make the white population uncomfortable, because that is the only way to get their attention. – Bill Russell 2010-2017: Immigrants file over 1,200 sexual abuse complaints against ICE agents, only 2% of which … Continue reading
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Barry’s Blog # 415: Who is an American? A Timeline, Part Seven of Eight
Part Seven: 2000-2010 …the ultimate measure of health in any community might well reside in our ability to stand in awe at what folks have to carry rather than in judgment at how they carry it. — Father Gregory Boyle … Continue reading
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Barry’s Blog # 414: Who is an American? A Timeline, Part Six of Eight
Part six: 1950-2000 As long as you are south of the Canadian border, you are South. – Malcolm X 1950: Congress bars immigration by communists or fascists, (by now, the Nazi scientists have all been naturalized) requires communists to have their … Continue reading
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Barry’s Blog # 413: Who is an American? A Timeline, Part Five of Eight
Part Five: 1900-1950 History is not the past. History is the present. We carry our history with us. To think otherwise is criminal. – James Baldwin 1900: Most adult men in Manhattan are foreign-born. Courts determine that all persons born … Continue reading
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Barry’s Blog # 412: Who is an American? A Timeline, Part Four of Eight
Part Four: 1850-1900 You cannot lynch me and keep me in ghettos without becoming something monstrous yourselves. And, furthermore, you give me a terrifying advantage. You never had to look at me. I had to look at you. I know … Continue reading
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Barry’s Blog # 411: Who is an American? A Timeline, Part Three of Eight
Part Three: 1800-1850 What is ghastly and really almost hopeless in our racial situation now is that the crimes we have committed are so great and so unspeakable that the acceptance of this knowledge would lead, literally, to madness. The … Continue reading
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Barry’s Blog # 410: Who is an American? A Timeline, Part Two of Eight
Part Two: The 18th Century I consider a woman who brings a child every two years as more profitable than the best man of the farm. What she produces is an addition to the capital, while his labors disappear in … Continue reading
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Barry’s Blog # 409: Who is an American? A Timeline, Part One of Eight
Part One: The Beginning History…does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, … Continue reading
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