The myth is the central symbol around which what some people call american exceptionalism has been organized around the frontier that meant on the myth and the land the Frontier West came to symbolize a certain attribute to identity that think about the United States unlike other nations has the ability and the election read to use expansion that was built into well before the frontier in the late 19th century became the symbol of expansion the social experience to move one is foundational to us identity. No other nation has been so able to organize domestic politics through the actual reality of expansion and then increasingly the mythology to point to the frontier and respond to social problems with limitless and endless growth in these were the foundational premise of the United States and the founding fathers. And those only for the declaration of independence wasnt just add natural right that the condition of all natural rights. And what is his saxon ancestors to escape germany an
Okay. Well, good morning, everybody. Today, were going to discuss the jazz age. At least im going to discuss it, and your part of the discussion will be at the end. Please write down any thoughts you have, questions, responses. That would be good. The jazz age, the period from 1919 to 1929 reminds me of the opening lines of the tale of two cities by charles dickens. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Well it wasnt exactly the best of times, but for many people, it was certainly good times. It was the great age of literature, the golden age of sports, music, jazz. The 19th amendment to the constitution, which allowed women to vote in National Elections for the first time. Radio was becoming popular. It was the early days of hollywood and certainly the age of the automobile, the modelt. Automobiles were for almost every budget. It certainly wasnt the worst of times although there were very bad times. And the failures of that decade led to the worldwide depression in the
Breathe which is written as a letter to her sons. Heres a portion of that program. People here when you say i wonder if why they irredeemable and they hear all white people as individuals as opposed to whiteness as an identity that is clone two. So when i go to the second paragraph and unlike what if we took this identity apart, the people had a different history or body but it would be a different relationship to identity but i think what potentially we have as a consequence is a more humane relationship to each other, when i went later in the first paragraph when i say a person and the individual can be a heaven, certainly it is someone who is raised by a white man or as someone who thinks so many figures like take for example john brown or howard zinn or bob zellmer who i think are some of the most precious people in the world, it is important to not have a formulation that removes them from my sense of struggle that im engaged in, so thats what i was thinking. One more question abo
Discussion will be at the end. So please write down any thoughts you have, questions, responses, that would be good. The jazz age, the period from 1919 to 1929 reminds me of the opening lines of a tale of two cities by charles dickens. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Well, it wasnt exactly the best of times, but for many people it was certainly good times. It was a great age of literature, of the golden age of sports, music, jazz. The 19th amendment to the constitution, which allowed women to vote in National Elections for the first time, radio was becoming popular. It was the early days of hollywood and certainly the age of the automobile, the model t. And automobiles were for almost every budget. Those are the good times, which we will discuss, and it wasnt exactly the worst of times, although there were some very bad times. And the failures of that decade led to the worldwide depression in the 1930s and helped the rise of fascism in europe. So lets begin with ta
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