Tag: florida

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+ alligator alcatraz, budget, concentration camp, lillian e smith

Amidst the Cruelty, Where Do You Stand?

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Years ago, when I taught in Louisiana, I remember a student walking into the classroom with an “Angola, a gated community” t-shirt. I grew up in Louisiana, I knew about Angola, specifically that it rests on the lands of a former plantation and its long record of humanitarian offenses. I also knew it was the largest maximum-security prisons in the United States. I also … Read More Amidst the Cruelty, Where Do You Stand?

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+ education, fascism, florida, history, nazi, ron desantis, umberto eco

Florida, Fascism, and the Past

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In “Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt,” Umberto Eco lists out features of fascism and points out that “it is enough that one of them be present to allow fascism to coagulate around us.” Traditionalism, the longing for a mythological past, looms larges as one of the defining features of fascism. This gazing backwards, immediately raises a wall to learning and … Read More Florida, Fascism, and the Past

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