One more piece of history I never was aware of - along with Juneteenth, and the NC "incident"! None even mentioned when I was in school, and I'm thinking that its likely none of them still are! All these grand & magnificent "stories" of our ancestors (white of course) but nothing about African Americans, Hispanics, or this countries In…
One more piece of history I never was aware of - along with Juneteenth, and the NC "incident"! None even mentioned when I was in school, and I'm thinking that its likely none of them still are! All these grand & magnificent "stories" of our ancestors (white of course) but nothing about African Americans, Hispanics, or this countries Indians! Is it any surprise why most white Americans consider this country "exceptional"???
Shocked me, too, at first, Maggie. Now I wonder how many more stories like this there are to tell. I agree that sadly very few, if any, will be told in school. At least two of us got to read about it!
Learning something new is good at any age, but since it took me till 83 to become aware of lots of this information? Thats pretty sad in this information age, right? Thanks, Lynell. Every little bit may not help but it makes me smarter (somewhat).
Maggie, I’m a little bit younger, but more or less in the same boat. Didn’t pay a lot of attention to politics until 2015 when dt jumped into the race. Alarming! So I began to read politics to learn what he was up to. Thank goodness I discovered Heather, sometime prior to Covid. She (and all you wonderful commenters) has helped to put so much news into an historical context. I will be forever grateful for the education I am receiving here. Can’t wait to see what I’m interested in learning about when I reach 83! (If my husband’s dream comes true, it will be motorcycles lol!) Glad you’re here, Maggie!
We were in the same boat, I guess. Until the Orange Menace popped up - I always voted but other than sticking with Dems, really didnt pay that much attention. Good luck with the motorcycles - frankly, my main interest is Wild Horses & the peril they are in since I am no longer physically involved with horses. And I'm glad youre here too! I dont read ALL the comments as I used to, but now just check to see what the current topic is for the day - so to speak! Its always interesting.
One more piece of history I never was aware of - along with Juneteenth, and the NC "incident"! None even mentioned when I was in school, and I'm thinking that its likely none of them still are! All these grand & magnificent "stories" of our ancestors (white of course) but nothing about African Americans, Hispanics, or this countries Indians! Is it any surprise why most white Americans consider this country "exceptional"???
Shocked me, too, at first, Maggie. Now I wonder how many more stories like this there are to tell. I agree that sadly very few, if any, will be told in school. At least two of us got to read about it!
Learning something new is good at any age, but since it took me till 83 to become aware of lots of this information? Thats pretty sad in this information age, right? Thanks, Lynell. Every little bit may not help but it makes me smarter (somewhat).
Maggie, I’m a little bit younger, but more or less in the same boat. Didn’t pay a lot of attention to politics until 2015 when dt jumped into the race. Alarming! So I began to read politics to learn what he was up to. Thank goodness I discovered Heather, sometime prior to Covid. She (and all you wonderful commenters) has helped to put so much news into an historical context. I will be forever grateful for the education I am receiving here. Can’t wait to see what I’m interested in learning about when I reach 83! (If my husband’s dream comes true, it will be motorcycles lol!) Glad you’re here, Maggie!
We were in the same boat, I guess. Until the Orange Menace popped up - I always voted but other than sticking with Dems, really didnt pay that much attention. Good luck with the motorcycles - frankly, my main interest is Wild Horses & the peril they are in since I am no longer physically involved with horses. And I'm glad youre here too! I dont read ALL the comments as I used to, but now just check to see what the current topic is for the day - so to speak! Its always interesting.