Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 22: "Birth defects" of American democracy
brucemillerca.substack.com
I’ve written in earlier posts this month about how metaphors for race relations in American history like “original sin” or “racism in the national DNA” can be problematic. Chauncey DeVega recently used another kind of metaphor that has its own limits but is also helpful:
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 22: "Birth defects" of American democracy
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 22…
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 22: "Birth defects" of American democracy
I’ve written in earlier posts this month about how metaphors for race relations in American history like “original sin” or “racism in the national DNA” can be problematic. Chauncey DeVega recently used another kind of metaphor that has its own limits but is also helpful: