This is the best documentary I've seen in years. Director @gocjhunt strikes a perfect balance between playful mockery and grim realism in assessing the dangerous persistence of white supremacist mythology-as-history.
Stream free thru August 4: pbs.org/pov/watch/neut…
Stream free thru August 4: pbs.org/pov/watch/neut…
https://twitter.com/roywoodjr/status/1412172880201330696
Here we get an excellent intro to The Lost Cause.
I didn't learn about the existence of this mythology-as-history in high school; in fact the first time I ever came across the idea was a few weeks ago. Suddenly things made a lot more sense.
I didn't learn about the existence of this mythology-as-history in high school; in fact the first time I ever came across the idea was a few weeks ago. Suddenly things made a lot more sense.
This is followed by an explanation of the crucial role played by women in the United Daughters of the Confederacy, chiefly in institutionalizing the Lost Cause narrative in school curricula, some of which survived through the '70s
Do you see the parallels to our current CRT moral panic?
Now, check out the long-term epistemological effects of growing up steeped in this ideology. All I could think about when watching this clip was all the experiences I have had being swarmed by Rufo and Lindsay stans.
Now, check out the long-term epistemological effects of growing up steeped in this ideology. All I could think about when watching this clip was all the experiences I have had being swarmed by Rufo and Lindsay stans.
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