Yes, yes it is. It is flown by extremist insecurity groups to intentionally make Blacks feel unwelcome in America. Executive summary: It’s highly unlikely that the Betsy Ross flag was created by Betsy Ross herself. Instead, it was far more likely a hate symbol of the KKK, meaning propaganda fabricated in the late 1880s. Regardless … Continue reading Is the Betsy Ross Flag Racist?
On this day in 1970 four students were killed during an assault on Kent State University campus by Ohio National Guard carrying M1 rifles with bayonets attached: …three shot in the chest and one in the head… with some injured by bayonets… Allison Krause Jeffrey Miller Sandra Scheuer William Schroeder In total over a dozen … Continue reading This Day in History 1970: Ohio National Guard Kills Kent State University Students
When we look at American internment of Americans of Japanese descent, there’s a very strange footnote that nearly everyone tends to overlook: it’s really all about racism in California, especially Stanford. Take for easy example that in 1941 there were 150,000 Americans of Japanese descent living in Hawaii (compared with 130,000 on the mainland). Although … Continue reading Stanford Racism Precipitated “National Policy of Exclusion” and Internment Camps
See what I did with the title of this blog post? In the famous Pulitzer-prize winning book “The Guns of August“, the author applies some colorful language to illustrate WWI and Imperial Germany. Barbara Tuchman framed the German march, for example, like mindless predator ants: (page 251) The German march through Belgium, like the march … Continue reading The Talented and Beautiful “Night Witches” of WWII