http://www.belovedcommunitycenter.org/forums/2008/04/23/truth-is-the-first-casualty-of-war-and-presidential-campaigns/ Discussion Forums Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:40:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.belovedcommunitycenter.org/forums/2008/04/23/truth-is-the-first-casualty-of-war-and-presidential-campaigns/#comment-8 Claude Barnes Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:31:22 +0000 http://www.belovedcommunitycenter.org/forums/?p=6#comment-8 For some reason the links in my article do not work. The resources referenced in the article include the following: 1) Mary Lyon on the Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-lyon/if-youre-not-angry-and-bi_b_96829.html 2)Nicholas von Hoffman in The Nation http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080428/howl 3)The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities http://www.cbpp.org For some reason the links in my article do not work. The resources referenced in the article include the following:
1) Mary Lyon on the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-lyon/if-youre-not-angry-and-bi_b_96829.html
2)Nicholas von Hoffman in The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080428/howl
3)The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
http://www.cbpp.org

]]> http://www.belovedcommunitycenter.org/forums/2008/04/23/truth-is-the-first-casualty-of-war-and-presidential-campaigns/#comment-7 Kyle Lambelet Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:35:57 +0000 http://www.belovedcommunitycenter.org/forums/?p=6#comment-7 Dr. Barnes, Thanks for your thoughtful commentary. It's a breath of fresh air in an increasingly toxic atmosphere of 24 hour a day pundit commentary. Begin with the Wilmington pogrom of 1898 and walk on up through North Carolina history and you will find a wedge consistently being driven between working class whites and blacks for the purpose of asserting the dominance of an elite class of white business owners and politicos. The price of inclusion on the "white team" for working class white folks was buying into the racist values (and violence) of the elites. In addition to the resources that you provide in your article, I'd recommend that folks read Randy Johnston's exploration of some of this history at www.progressivemyth.com. Dr. Barnes,
Thanks for your thoughtful commentary. It’s a breath of fresh air in an increasingly toxic atmosphere of 24 hour a day pundit commentary.
Begin with the Wilmington pogrom of 1898 and walk on up through North Carolina history and you will find a wedge consistently being driven between working class whites and blacks for the purpose of asserting the dominance of an elite class of white business owners and politicos. The price of inclusion on the “white team” for working class white folks was buying into the racist values (and violence) of the elites.
In addition to the resources that you provide in your article, I’d recommend that folks read Randy Johnston’s exploration of some of this history at http://www.progressivemyth.com.

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