A professor's op-ed for the Washington Post slammed the Pledge of Allegiance as "an instrument of white nationalism."
"While the language contained in the pledge is not overtly nativist or xenophobic, the spirit that animated its creation was steeped in this sort of bigotry," wrote Christopher Petrella, American cultural studies professor at Bates College.
Protests of the pledge are "necessary," he said, and defending them on free speech grounds is not enough.
"While defending pledge protests on free speech grounds is useful and necessary, it often draws attention away from the pledge’s political origins in nativism and white nationalism — roots that help us better understand the broader struggle for racial justice and full citizenship that drives these protests," Petrella said.
Francis Bellamy tapped into the bigotry of the times for his inspiration in writing the pledge, the professor said.
More enlightened perspective here..
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5 comments:
Ignorance breeds ignorance...get rid of this guy soon.
When a college hires individuals to teach classes, are there any qualifications required to do the job? Apparently not...Stupid is too nice a word to describe this guy and we need a new word to properly define individuals like him.
another butt hurt Hilary supporter. when will all the basement dwelling cry babies come to term that we elected Americas president.dems breed corruption. now get back in your safe spaces.
He is advocating an overthrow of our constitution and our government. There is a law against that.
When doing a search for Bates, the first reply is Bates Motel, followed by Bates College. :)
It was founded as the Maine State Seminary and owes its name to a Boston industrialist who pumped a lot of money into it 150 years ago. It's been a Liberal arts operation for quite some time now (capitalization intentional).
Not tough to connect the dots.
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