Artists Packaged White Supremacy
Myths follow power, but in the years after the Civil War many powers vied to dominate the American future. Artists like Whitman made choices that tipped the scales in this battle toward terrible ends.
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Stand Back and Stand By: Defeating White Supremacist Terror
In the end, we can help cement into place a new unifying mythology by making villains of those who fought for the old.
Tentative Glimpses at a New National Mythology
These kinds of transformations seldom have a long tail. They usually appear pyrrhic until they suddenly prevail. We may have far less time than we think to imagine what will replace white supremacy as our unifying mythology. And People sharing a space without a shared definition of “us” rarely share that space politely.
On the Move
We’re on our way to Austin. Closed on our Chicago area home last Friday. Sticking around the area this week to tie up loose ends. It’s been a wild, tumultuous process that’s left little room to sit and think, much less write. Might still be a couple more weeks before …
The Interest-Convergence Dilemma: How IBM Got Woke
We have relative progress on racial equity because that progress benefits powerful people. Recognize this pattern of interests and it can become a lever toward real progress.
Progress Report 2
Over the past few weeks I’ve stepped back from posting to hash through this question at length. The research has been fascinating and surprising.
Our Population Has Shrunk Since the Election
By any reasonable estimate we will be a smaller country on Inauguration Day 2021 than we were on Election Day 2020.
View from the Cheap Seats: Concern. Sadness. Mourning. Next Steps…
I was getting ready to write this long piece about how the last few days’ events have affected me and my beloved. I was sitting down to type on this chilly Sunday afternoon in Texas when I logged in, saw that Chris had already written something so much better than …