Thread by @JemarTisby

This is some fanmail I got in response to a post I wrote about my visit to the propaganda-infused, Lost Cause- celebrating Jefferson Davis Presidential Museum in #Mississippi. First he starts with the "pro-Confederate blacks" myth.

Then he moves on to say that racism is not at the "forefront" of American society today. He says this within a week of a photo surfacing that shows college students in Mississippi posing with guns in front of a bullet-riddled historical marker dedicated to #EmmettTill.

And, of course, anyone who says racism is still an ongoing, pervasive, and urgent issue is a.... Democrat 😱! Then he cites the Democratic party platform of the 19th century to further demonize the party and completely ignores the way parties have changed positions over time.

Here's the post that provoked such a sharp and ahistorical response from a reader.

“So This Is America.”: My Visit to the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library
jemartisby.com/2017/07/05/so-…

Historian @KevinLevin has a book coming out soon on the myth of pro-Confederate black people.

"Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth" amazon.com/dp/1469653265/…

And @KevinMKruse has fact-packed tweet threads about political party re-alignment.



#themoreyouknow #historymatters

Messages like the one above are why I say we need more history to go along with theological studies. Basic facts get obscured by the information and ideological bubbles we blow up around ourselves.
#historymatters