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In reply to the discussion: So, the folks who tried to prevent a black girl from going to school in 1957 are opposed to... [View all]yellowdogintexas
(22,282 posts)29. I grew up not far from the "Trail of Tears" where it runs through
upper west Tennessee, and I have known about it for a long time - long enough that I can't remember where I learned it. It could have even been in a novel or one of those big books from American Heritage.
However I first heard about it, I am 100% certain my mom and I had more than one deep conversation about it; she never missed an opportunity to explain racism, anti-Semitism, Xenophobia, and any other types of prejudice. Her big thing was the Holocaust, probably because she lived through WW II and its aftermath. I don't think she compared things like Trail of Tears to the Holocaust consciously but I think she would now.
She was open minded and a voracious reader.
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So, the folks who tried to prevent a black girl from going to school in 1957 are opposed to... [View all]
demmiblue
Oct 2021
OP
The orange f wad gave legitimacy to the racist, ignorant, anti-democracy American.
Irish_Dem
Oct 2021
#38
Yup, thus the new Jim Crow 2.0 laws passed by Republican legislatures and supported by
cstanleytech
Oct 2021
#36
We sure as hell will not teach the facts of how we committed genocide on the native Americans.
The Jungle 1
Oct 2021
#7
Treaty. Custer. Black Hills. Gold. Break Treaty. Custer. Crazy Horse. Genocide and tears. New States
Tommymac
Oct 2021
#10
This just slightly compares to the photo of men and women holding kids' hands while standing under
joetheman
Oct 2021
#20
I graduated HS in '58 and will be 82 July, just to give you perspective. I remember being disgusted
SheilaAnn
Oct 2021
#27