Does removing statues show a lack of appreciation of history? Should we honor swastikas and salutes because Hitler had some effective strategies for his goals? Are there as many Harriet Tubman statues as Robert Lee? I agree that we shouldn’t erase history because how else will we learn from it. When I read the debate about states of confederate generals and other racists, I’m caught in a spiral. The storms keep coming, and we are expected to keep moving and to endure no matter what. It should remind us of Nixon, who believed that minorities were undercutting America’s greatness. For example, this time is similar to the collapse of the Black Power movement with Reagan’s rise. When we look at history, we can see identify cycles and pick out the patterns that occur again and again.

He is made to bear the burdens of all our sins when he is in fact a clear reflection of who we actually are. We make him wholly bad in order to protest our innocence. Trump cannot be cordoned off into a corner with evil, racist demagogues. This is the lie of race, Whiteness and Blackness, superiority and inferiority. This lie is a monumental one, which supported slavery and continues to be a bedrock for white supremacy. We have to look to the past and extrapolate from Trump to discover the core issue in America, and that is the lie. While Trump induces rage, he is not solely responsible for the state of race relations. Glaude contends that Donald Trump is a symptom.

He explores America’s past and how it informs and directs the current reality. analyzes Baldwin’s life and writings from the perspective of the fight for civil rights and equality for Black People.

In Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, Eddie S.

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