It seems we’re observing this MLK Day in a time warp. Because America today looks so much like the Jim Crow America MLK spent his life fighting to change. Observing MLK Day in Jim Crow 2.0 America America is on a schizophrenic march towards the Promised Land of MLK’s famous dream. On the one hand, America elected the first Black man as… Read more.
Washington Monument
Removing Statues of Racists? Begin with George Washington?
Anti-racism protesters have begun lynching statues dedicated to white racists of all types. Baying “Black Lives Matter!,” they seem hell-bent on dishonoring the legacies of those targeted for the wrongs they perpetrated against blacks during their lifetime. Triggered by the police killing of George Floyd … protesters in Bristol, in the south-west of England, tore… Read more.
Washington Monument, Father of all Monuments to Racists…?
Fallout from the KKK and other white supremacists rearing their ugly heads in Charlottesville last weekend is taking many forms. Most notable is the way cities across America are removing monuments to Confederate leaders as if they were suddenly emitting a deadly airborne virus. Remarkably, no less a person than President Trump is acting as… Read more.
Washington Monument’s KKK Imagery
KKK imagery The top of the Washington Monument looks like the hood of a Ku Klux Klansman. This was thrown into stark relief last week. The media were covering workers repelling down the Monument. They were inspecting the damage caused by the recent earthquake. Most people seemed mesmerized by the workers’ Cirque-du-Soleil acrobatics. But I… Read more.