Sunday, July 5, 2020

A Much-Needed Perspective

I don't know about you, but I have always felt deeply uneasy about fervid professions of patriotism, especially the kind that Americans are given to. Their earnest hands over their hearts, their shedding of tears upon hearing the national anthem, their stout professions of "My country, right or wrong," have always made me wonder about their capacity for critical thinking, self-reflection and humility.

In the following, 'the greatest country in the world' gets a much-needed reality check from Colin Kapernick:

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  1. The Disaffected LibJuly 5, 2020 at 3:41 PM

    For a bit of perspective, take Kaepernick's tweet in light of Frederick Douglass' 1852 speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July."

    https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/what-to-the-slave-is-the-fourth-of-july/

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    1. LorneJuly 5, 2020 at 4:39 PM

      Thanks, Mound. I have never read this document before.

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