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In reply to the discussion: A History of Liberal White Racism [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)actually, I am - or I was, as my profession. Then I dropped out for some years for personal reasons. Now I'm back at it -along with other things b/c writing gigs, generally don't pay the rent -even big time writers teach, often - as Coates does, and tons of well regarded writers in MFA programs. So, thanks so much for your words of encouragement. I post stuff here w/o proofing or re-reading, so I'm happy when something comes across as not garble! LOL. (but that's one reason I didn't want to say I write b/c then I'd have to "write" here, not jabber.)
I truly believe that the lessons of history regarding African Americans in this nation is THE issue for anyone who wants to create a better society. It's our soul discourse - that we've always needed to have - to become the thing we said we wanted to be when we began the democratic experiment.