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The Antidote to Racism

Posted by mshupe 4 years, 10 months ago to Education
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Over the last two weeks, Gatto’s proof is plastered throughout TV news broadcasts, and this group think is celebrated by TV news personalities. Yet there is no rational justification for these mass demonstrations in a civilized society. That is the last step before armed insurrection against an oppressive dictatorship, but America is the most free, open, and prosperous society the world has ever known.

Today’s short-answer question – America is defined by, a. White privilege b. Capitalist greed c. Systemic racism d. Inequality e. Police brutality. Yet this is old as dirt, and straight out of terror group Weather Underground’s 1974 playbook titled Prairie Fire.

Around the same time, comedy troupe Second City had a hit musical titled Lemmings. In the role of stage announcer was John Belushi, who blasted, “If you’re not a black, homosexual, working class woman, your an oppressor, pig. And you deserve to die!” Fifty years later, slave traders Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo, and Al Sharpton are coaxing their Lemmings over the Brooklyn Bridge while posing as cutting edge human rights oracles.

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  • Posted by mshupe 4 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Commander - Thank you! When did you first read Gatto's essay? When did you re-read it? What are a couple of your father's insights? Your comments are recognition and reward for what is good. As Ayn Rand so passionately argued, the positive moral justice that is more important to a society than the punitive justice system. Hopefully more people will become as wise as your father. Happy 85th from one Poetic Justice Warrior to another, your Dad!
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  • Posted by $ Commander 4 years, 10 months ago
    I remember the first time I read "The Seven-Lesson Schoolteacher" I felt a rage rising toward Gatto. My emotional context of interpretation was of his volitional, narcissistic, intentional method of teaching in this manner, not one of his lament for what he had been involved in through discovery. I immediately re-read the chapter and the context of my insight reversed. I remembered all the angst I felt going through compulsory schooling, and my father's 37 years fighting against the system in which he taught.

    Dad has very little exposure to philosophy, yet lives mostly an objective life. We have shared, my lifetime, of all the contexts you so skillfully illustrate, regarding the concept of justice. Your essay gives context to all the outrage toward injustice and to the equities in life we so endeavor to manifest. Tomorrow my father celebrates 85 years. I can think of no greater gift than to present him your essay as a validation of his insights and actions over a lifetime.
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  • Posted by mshupe 4 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It has to be very amusing for them. Much like the Mueller investigation was amusing for Putin. They are both getting ungodly ROI for a few thousand bucks of Facebook advertising.
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  • Posted by Lucky 4 years, 10 months ago
    China is planning to overtake The West in thirty years, by 2050.
    Why so long?
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