My seminary had a book on Christian history bound in a Lenape man's skin.

They have also been looking for ways to confront this item and its history with respect, transparency, and in cooperation with Native American leaders (including my professor there, Dr. "Tink" Tinkham, Osage). It's difficult to know what do do with these artifacts in a way that acknowledges the generational trauma done by the settlers.

Here's a link to to the work they did on this in 2022: https://www.iliff.edu/lenape/
Here's a link to a Colorado Public Television program on the book and Iliff's contemporary struggle to acknowledge harm and move forward in good faith cooperation:

"First, do no harm..."

"to zygotes. Women, we can harm them both physically and psychologically by forcing them to carry dead fetuses to term or death. Because even though Jesus never said shit about abortions, he 100% would be down with letting women die because you sit in judgement of them. What's that you say? Those without sin should cast the first stone? Doesn't apply to me and my hypocratic (hipocritical?) oath."

As long as they vote for Joe, who cares if they think he's too old?

It will be his last term regardless.

Also, what is it about his age that bothers them? Is it that he might croak in office and Kamala will take his place? Because I don't see what the problem is. We have a system to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in case of presidential death (which can come at any time, for any president, like, JFK - 46 when killed - or Lincoln, who was 56). People say Biden's too old, but what they really mean, consciously or unconciously, is that they don't believe Kamala (a woman of color) is qualified to lead the nation.

This is a fantastic post.

I think the reason white people aren't mentioned are myriad, including: white people still run things, including determining history curriculum; the unnamed and unremembered masses who worked to uphold the system (and still do); and most importantly, Black History Month was created to by Blacks to celebrate and educate themselves and their children about the amazing contributions of Black folk in spite of the white systemic racism and incredible cruelty. It became institutionalized as a way to force white people to acknowledge that Black History is human history (and US history), Black culture inspires and advances US and global contemporary culture, and to normalize Blackness in white spaces. (This last bit may be skewed by my perspective as a white librarian.)

I would also like to note that the few white people who did work for Civil Rights are also under-represented in history books (which is probably fine by them as they worked to uphold Black lives, and didn't want the work to be about themselves). I'm not talking about the Clintons, whose record is a mixed bag, or any number of other white posturing politicians. I'm talking about white people like Anne and Carl Braden, Howard Zinn, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, Mary White Ovington, James Reeb, and Jane Addams. Because white people need role models in how to be helpful and useful allies.

No biggie. Just check your source next time.

Only takes a second more to visit the Wikipedia page to confirm basic stuff like this. If you prefer, you can use the free online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. I’m a librarian, these are resources I use myself on a regular basis.

http://britannica.com/

Well, to be fair,

the country was founded by rich white guys for rich white guys. That’s all these “originalists” want: the quiet, simpler days of old when, if your woman backtalked you, you could rape her and beat her “humanly” with a rod no bigger than your thumb. Same with uppity everyone else.

He's not saying it explixitly.

But implicitly, he's saying, "I know a guy, youse judges better watch your backs!"

Here's a link to a better article at the Berkshire Eagle

I've seen this just this week in my city library system!

The library website says the Library Commission’s meetings are open to the public, on Zoom. NO LINK WAS PROVIDED. “For questions, call…”

How did I hear of it? My friend called and asked for the link and was DENIED.

Dobbs wasn't expressly included in the Constitution.

And also, I’m pretty sure most of the SCOTUS is getting as sick of tfg as we are. Alito and Thomas will vote to keep him on the ballot because neither care about burning the Constitution, but the other conservatives will be pressed hard by Roberts who will not want to see his legacy completely flushed down the toilet by upholding a dictator.