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As my professor in my Slave History (aka Diplomatic History) class likes to point out, it was a stuggle that started long before Rosa Parks. Not that she doesn’t deserve credit, because she does, but it had been a long hard fight and, unfortunately, there are still more battles to be faught.
It is amazing what evils supposedly rational enlightened individuals can do isn’t it?
Comment by Jan — Thursday, December 1, 2024 @ 9:02 am
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Pingback by Fruits and Votes » Blog Archive » Remembering the courage of Rosa Parks — Thursday, December 1, 2024 @ 11:21 am
Granted: many watershed events in history had substantial build-up to them. Still, we tend to celebrate that moment in terms of commemoration.
And who ever said that rationality would lead to a specific moral conclusion? I still think you think that rationality means something different that it does.
Comment by Dr. Steven Taylor — Thursday, December 1, 2024 @ 3:20 pm
An eternal question
Dr. Taylor notes the anniversary of Rosa Parks’ courageous stand against racism with this question for the ages:
So often one looks back and has to ask: what were we thinking? More unfortunately, we often have to ask what some of our fellow citizens …
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My trackbacks never seem to work anymore here.
Comment by bryan — Thursday, December 1, 2024 @ 8:43 pm