Really, kids these days... where do they get this stuff?
"Obama urges 'new black mindset'
...He told the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) there were 'no excuses' for minority children not to succeed."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8155077.stm
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Gar Lipow<the.typo.boy at gmail.com> wrote: Clio Bluestocking Tales Thursday, July 02, 2009 Abolition as a Self-Help Movement
http://cliobluestockingtales.blogspot.com/2009/07/abolition-as-self-help-movement.html
I've been grading for the past two days. As Babu used to say, "I wept for the future of America, then I made pie." The grades didn't make me weep. Some did well, others did not. The usual. Their answers about ending slavery -- which are typical of answers that I have graded over the past several years -- made me weep.
For example, in the past few years, I have read essays that refer to the conditions of slavery as a "lifestyle." I have read essays framing ...
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