My father was a Democrat, the only one of that generation in either side of the family. All his kids are Democrats. Shortly before he died, he leaned close and whispered “Your mother was a Republican.” I was not surprised because she had been skeptical of the Holocaust when I was twelve and when I was 17 she expressed eugenic reasons why…
My father was a Democrat, the only one of that generation in either side of the family. All his kids are Democrats. Shortly before he died, he leaned close and whispered “Your mother was a Republican.” I was not surprised because she had been skeptical of the Holocaust when I was twelve and when I was 17 she expressed eugenic reasons why I was smart and should have children because “they” weren’t smart and were having lots of children.
Sounds like my parents, although my dad refused to talk about politics. My mother listened to right wing radio even back then, and my father hated it.
As a young teenager at the beginning of the 60s, I started to have my eyes opened a bit, and they just continued, although it took until I was in my 70s to learn about Tulsa, Rosewood, etc!!! (Which horrifies me that it took that long!)
It took until my 80s to learn about Tulsa, Rosewood & likely so many more of these tragedies. And I think there are far too many today - right now - who have no idea nor are they interested enough to look.
The MAGAts want to take education back to the “good old days” when people of our generation were in school were taught NOTHING about race, colonialism, etc. How could we have known about real history when we were fed pablum? But you kept learning, which is more than we can say about millions of our fellow Americans. Good for you! ❤️
My father was a Democrat, the only one of that generation in either side of the family. All his kids are Democrats. Shortly before he died, he leaned close and whispered “Your mother was a Republican.” I was not surprised because she had been skeptical of the Holocaust when I was twelve and when I was 17 she expressed eugenic reasons why I was smart and should have children because “they” weren’t smart and were having lots of children.
Sounds like my parents, although my dad refused to talk about politics. My mother listened to right wing radio even back then, and my father hated it.
As a young teenager at the beginning of the 60s, I started to have my eyes opened a bit, and they just continued, although it took until I was in my 70s to learn about Tulsa, Rosewood, etc!!! (Which horrifies me that it took that long!)
It took until my 80s to learn about Tulsa, Rosewood & likely so many more of these tragedies. And I think there are far too many today - right now - who have no idea nor are they interested enough to look.
The MAGAts want to take education back to the “good old days” when people of our generation were in school were taught NOTHING about race, colonialism, etc. How could we have known about real history when we were fed pablum? But you kept learning, which is more than we can say about millions of our fellow Americans. Good for you! ❤️
I've learned so much on Heather's site and Joyce Vance's Civil Discourse!! Information that we all should have had when we were in school.
This may sound weird but I wonder if the history teachers I had in middle school or high school actually knew this history either!
Does make you wonder, doesnt it?