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Comfortably_Numb

(3,809 posts) Thu Jun 10, 2021, 07:08 PM Jun 2021

So today in my undergraduate summer history class I taught about the Nazis who came to the US [View all]

in the 1930s, because they regarded the South’s Jim Crow laws as the world’s best example of accomplishing the “legal” racial marginalization of “undesirables.” I am in Texas. Fuck you Fascist Texans-Abbott, Patrick, Paxton, and the rest of you!

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So today in my undergraduate summer history class I taught about the Nazis who came to the US [View all] Comfortably_Numb Jun 2021 OP

You're a brave soul, God bless. n/t SheilaAnn Jun 2021 #1

So kind of you! I have younger, more vulnerable colleagues Comfortably_Numb Jun 2021 #2

Good for you and happy retirement when the time comes. n/t SheilaAnn Jun 2021 #3

Uncle Tom's Cabin was a favorite book of Hitler... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2021 #4

Hitler sent 47 of his reich lawyers over here to study our stained history. Comfortably_Numb Jun 2021 #5

But? TimeToGo Jun 2021 #6

The link goes into how it became distorted over time. nt Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2021 #8

Critics complained that the black characters in the book were portrayed in racist Comfortably_Numb Jun 2021 #9

Well that's true to a degree but it is def anti slavery TimeToGo Jun 2021 #13

No question. Comfortably_Numb Jun 2021 #14

Critics from which century? In its time it was a powerful indictment against slavery... Hekate Jun 2021 #19

After WW2 too IbogaProject Jun 2021 #7

Can you recommend a good article on this topic? Thanks. TheRickles Jun 2021 #10

A good book is James Q Whitman's Hitler's American Model: Comfortably_Numb Jun 2021 #11

The Atlantic, November 2017 Comfortably_Numb Jun 2021 #12

Thanks, it looks great! TheRickles Jun 2021 #15

Glad to help! Comfortably_Numb Jun 2021 #16

Speaking truth is always right. "Always make sure you can take your conscience to work." Salute. Evolve Dammit Jun 2021 #17

Texas would never like its young people to know... appmanga Jun 2021 #18

Good for you Hekate Jun 2021 #20