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Indians are still invisible!

by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 30, 2020 | Indians, Michael Gerson, original sin, slavery

In today’s Washington Post, long-time columnist Michael Gerson, a former George W. Bush speechwriter and consultant, labels President Trump a racist, and says that’s all you have to remember in the voting booth. He’s another of the staunch Republicans who is switching...

Slavery is not our Original Sin

by Rich Wandschneider | Sep 23, 2020 | Alvin Josephy, assimilation, Ibram X. Kendi, original sin, racism, slavery, white supremacy

“No adverse impact visited on the 1492 voyage of “discovery” was more profound in its consequences         in every nook and cranny of the Americas than Columbus’s introduction of Western European ethnocentricity to the Indians’ worlds....
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