It’s disturbing how blatant it is, and the through line from the American Civil War and the failure of Reconstruction to deal with the lingering Confederate elements appropriately.
I can remember so many conversations where someone was just so deeply clueless about how many Americans, mostly living in the South, are still so very deeply resentful of losing that war.
One conversation was in the 90s and I was talking to an H1-B who had just come from Texas, and we were working in the NE. I asked how it was living and working in Texas and he just seemed to brush all that off as something “from the past”.
Worth the read.
It’s disturbing how blatant it is, and the through line from the American Civil War and the failure of Reconstruction to deal with the lingering Confederate elements appropriately.
I can remember so many conversations where someone was just so deeply clueless about how many Americans, mostly living in the South, are still so very deeply resentful of losing that war.
One conversation was in the 90s and I was talking to an H1-B who had just come from Texas, and we were working in the NE. I asked how it was living and working in Texas and he just seemed to brush all that off as something “from the past”.
If only.