Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Monday, January 23, 2017
"FAKE NEWS" IS NOT NEW HERE
"FAKE NEWS" IS NOT NEW HERE
Fake news is not new at all. Neither are other fakes that are commonly taught to American children.
For example:
0. Santa Claus
0. The tooth fairy
0. George Washington 's cherry tree
0. Innate "white" supremacy
0. Innate "black" inferiority
0. "Indians" and "Mexicans" are uncivilized
0. "Good Indian" is a dead Indian
0. IQ tests measure intelligence
There are many more examples. But, these few, short-hand, fake mythologies, pedagogies, make my point. They do great harm to our children and to national character.
They are false programming that leads to the production of mass: ignorance; hysteria; murderers; sadists; xenophobists; racists; fascists; militarists; nihilists; anarchists; atheists; avarice; obstructionists.
Fake whatever explains much that is wrong in America today, in many respects, if not in every respect.