Even by the laughably lax editorial standards of our corporate media, I thought the following excerpt from this Reuters column that purports to be political analysis was outrageous (re., the supposed edge in patriotism McBush holds over Barack Obama)…"There is a historic suspicion that African Americans are less patriotic," (Richard) Kohn, (professor of history at the University of North Carolina), said.So…the fact that African Americans have had to overcome decades of racial prejudice somehow “undermines their commitment to U.S. ideals”?
Black Americans have fought in all the country's wars but their loyalty has been questioned because many black leaders have criticized U.S. policies on race and some whites assume historic discrimination against them, which includes slavery, would have undermined their commitment to U.S. ideals.
Because of sloppy editing, I don’t know if the words in that second paragraph are directly attributable to Dr. Kohn or not, though the supposition in the first sentence is bad enough.
I’ll tell you what; here is Kohn’s contact information at UNC. Feel free to ask him what the hell he’s talking about, OK? I’d be interested to find out the answer myself.
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