In a post-truth society language losses its meaning. You can say what ever you want and doesn't mean a bean! That is how people can say something and minutes later say the opposite. We are in deep trouble!
I honestly can't figure out if her and Senator Scott's similar language is their beliefs or if it is about their audience. I know many people believe that the country isn't and hasn't been racist but I think in many cases it is about historical ignorance or a distorted understanding of what racism actually entails. But neither of those excuses work for Haley or Scott. They both have experienced personal racism. And they have to understand the structural history of the US in issues like Dred Scott Decision. I am reading Paul Miller's The Religion of American Greatness right now and he does a good job of balancing the ideals of documents like the Declaration of Independence or the reconstruction amendments with the actual history. I think it great to point to the ideals (as MLK and many others have done) but you can't deny the actual history.
In a post-truth society language losses its meaning. You can say what ever you want and doesn't mean a bean! That is how people can say something and minutes later say the opposite. We are in deep trouble!
I honestly can't figure out if her and Senator Scott's similar language is their beliefs or if it is about their audience. I know many people believe that the country isn't and hasn't been racist but I think in many cases it is about historical ignorance or a distorted understanding of what racism actually entails. But neither of those excuses work for Haley or Scott. They both have experienced personal racism. And they have to understand the structural history of the US in issues like Dred Scott Decision. I am reading Paul Miller's The Religion of American Greatness right now and he does a good job of balancing the ideals of documents like the Declaration of Independence or the reconstruction amendments with the actual history. I think it great to point to the ideals (as MLK and many others have done) but you can't deny the actual history.