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Leftists fervently complain about how the American History taught in schools is always insufficiently progressive. This week, Time writer Olivia Waxman expressed disgust that students taught about Helen Keller learn about her childhood, and not her activities as a leftist adult activist, co-founding the American Civil Liberties Union, as well as being an early supporter of the NAACP and birth control. She was a member of the Socialist Party and read her Karl Marx.
Sascha Cohen, who teaches American Studies at Brandeis University, and wrote the 2015 TIME article “Helen Keller’s Forgotten Radicalism”, argues that Keller’s involvement in workers’ rights can help students understand the roots of the workers’ rights and inequality issues that persist today.
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The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced on Thursday that athletes will be allowed to “peacefully and respectfully” protest in support of social justice causes without fear of being sanctioned.
In other words, it’s ok to take a knee or walk off the court/podium during the playing of our national anthem. There is nothing “respectful” about that, especially during the Olympic games when athletes should proudly represent their respective countries.
If you hate your country, why represent it? If you are a governing body like the U.S. Olympic Committee, why do you want athletes representing your country who feel the need to protest in this manner? As a viewer, I’d rather watch a patriotic American finish outside the medals podium than a hater of our country taking a knee while the Star Spangled Banner is played.