A historical tension lies at the center of the American nation. On the one hand, the nation’s founding documents express the universalist humanist principles of liberty and equality. On the other, those documents govern a country settled by a specific ethnic group, with a specific history and culture—English Protestants, with British traditions of law and […]
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she had crimes that the state department said she didn t do in the first place, but she s accused of having some cannabis oil in her suitcase. oftentimes, people want to read celebrity as kind of a negative characteristic or feature of this particular story. she s singled out for special treatment. but in, her celebrity brought attention to americans who otherwise were underneath the radar, that we weren t talking about regularly, so, i think that s such an important point. as for the folk on the right, nicolle, they repeatedly reveal that they have an idea of who they think are actually americans and who they think aren t. you know, i was just reading ralph ellison, who wrote the invisible man, and he wrote a letter to albert murray and he said that democracy at its best is a disinterested form of love. and i ve always puzzled about what he meant by that. disinterested form of love means that you don t have to know people. they don t have to be in your tribe. they don t have to be