I was feeling a little nostalgic this morning, thinking about how, this year, there would be no Ypsilanti Fourth of July parade. So I decided to look through the archive and see what I’d said about the parade in the past. Following is one of my posts from a few years ago. I’m curious to […]
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My old Fourth of July post holds up surprising well…
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged A People's History of the United States, black lives matter, Fourth of July, Frederick Douglass, Howard Zinn, Impulse, nationalism, racism, slavery 52 Comments
Celebrating the Fourth of July in Ypsilanti
This morning, the family and I checked out the the Fourth of July parade in downtown Ypsilanti. And, as always, I was struck by the how delightfully bonkers it all was. From the evangelical puppetry to the elderly ladies taking turns behind the Jeep-mounted M60 machine gun, like they’d just rolled off the set of […]
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged abortion, Fourth of July, Frederick Douglass, Hare Krishnas, Impulse, parades, patriotism, Ypsilanti 12 Comments
Conservatives attempt to rewrite Michigan’s social studies standards, erasing mentions of gay rights, Roe v. Wade, climate change, and the existence of racism
Remember how, last week… before the Canadians became our enemies and we began diverting American resources toward the production of North Korean propaganda films… we were talking about how, in order to undo all of the damage that’s been done to the fabric our civil society over the past several years, we’d have to invest […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Education, History, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged abortion rights, Canada, Citizens for Traditional Values, Climate Change, democratic values, Donald Trump, gay rights, Great Lakes Justice Center, KKK, NAACP, North Korea, propaganda, prosecution complex, racism, rewriting history, Roe v. Wade, social studies, The Center for Michigan, Thomas More Law Center, white victimhood, whitewashing 62 Comments