Oh drat.,..(I can’t be the only one who complains about the inconvenient placing of the ‘send’ button?)
One more try to finish this thought:
…. in a time WHEN even asking a question could get a kid in trouble. I asked a lot of questions before I shut up and read everything I could find.
As an adult, I encourage curiosity.by answering with as much as I know to be true and suggesting reliable sources for more info.
It’s more important now than ever, when censorship of historical fact has raised its ugly head.
Your post reminded me of a conversation just a few years ago. I had personally seen the violence in 1967. From the south bank of the Detroit River, frightening smoke and flames were just one mile away on the north side.
However the subject came up in the first place, I don’t recall but I’ll never forget this young person’s confusion as I referred to the Detroit race riots. This intelligent, white , honor role senior, had never heard of that and asked WHY that had happened?
Why? … a small word… 400 years.
…. .apparently not included in history class.
I heard recently that most young people in China today, have never heard of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
And by 1968, after MLK was slain and street disturbances broke out in Hartford, my father was heard to say, “It’s not the ones that were born here causing all the trouble, it’s the ones coming up from the south.” How wrong he was to misidentify trouble. But I guess he felt good about himself because he had one Black friend.
Oh drat.,..(I can’t be the only one who complains about the inconvenient placing of the ‘send’ button?)
One more try to finish this thought:
…. in a time WHEN even asking a question could get a kid in trouble. I asked a lot of questions before I shut up and read everything I could find.
As an adult, I encourage curiosity.by answering with as much as I know to be true and suggesting reliable sources for more info.
It’s more important now than ever, when censorship of historical fact has raised its ugly head.
Your post reminded me of a conversation just a few years ago. I had personally seen the violence in 1967. From the south bank of the Detroit River, frightening smoke and flames were just one mile away on the north side.
However the subject came up in the first place, I don’t recall but I’ll never forget this young person’s confusion as I referred to the Detroit race riots. This intelligent, white , honor role senior, had never heard of that and asked WHY that had happened?
Why? … a small word… 400 years.
…. .apparently not included in history class.
I heard recently that most young people in China today, have never heard of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
It’s called government control. And that can happen anywhere.
Yes, wherever Authoritarians are in control.
The national guard marched and rolled down my street. Smoke rising nearby. I understood then, at a young age, and understand far more now.
And by 1968, after MLK was slain and street disturbances broke out in Hartford, my father was heard to say, “It’s not the ones that were born here causing all the trouble, it’s the ones coming up from the south.” How wrong he was to misidentify trouble. But I guess he felt good about himself because he had one Black friend.
continued…. Who knew they could ask me just about anything about the ‘olden days’. Since I had grown up in a time w
Agree
When a ‘like’ does not mean LIKE.
Bill, you know this but some don’t:
Many times when I hit the ‘like’ button what I really mean is that I agree with the need for your post. I’ve worked with various young people