Daryl Michael Scott on propaganda and myth from ‘The 1619 Project’ to Trumpism.
Prof. Scott of Howard University is interviewed on topic by Len Gutkin for The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 10. The article is free access but requires registration with the site. I have posted two very good excerpts after the jump which were tweeted by Wesley Yang. But I highly recommend reading the entire article as it is a very good summary of the troubles that have been going on in this area.
A Michael Kors sign in the cafeteria. Teachers posing in front of a Levi’s ad. A library in the shoe department. What's it like to go to school in a dead mall? https://t.co/iGx1iykfiu
To me what's remarkable is how easy it would be for a smart, ambitious Democratic Party politician (I would nominate Kamala Harris) to get on the right side of public opinion while making zero policy concessions by saying something like this.https://t.co/My5mzgt3TWpic.twitter.com/mfhoZ06SlX
NEW: Meet Luke Smith, a neoreactionary YouTube tech influencer who recently received a big Bitcoin windfall, and is now encouraging his followers to embrace uncensorable platforms (no really) https://t.co/ZsRzGKSE6y
Biden was apolitical last night. Why that might help him politically ... and why it might not, in my latest for Washington @monthlyhttps://t.co/z2vcpixW9V
The House has approved a bill to require background checks on all gun sales, including private sales between individuals. 8 Republicans voted for the bill, which now goes to the U.S. Senate. pic.twitter.com/cgzS59iCqh
With fate of Biden infrastructure package unclear, Schumer pushes bill to curb China’s influence
TEXT AT LINK from Wapo, March 10; here's the Feb. 23 video they put at the top of the page, it's fairly comprehensive on what that bill is about (not to mention, Schumer claims bipartisan support)
“As a lifelong defender of the death penalty, I do not lightly say what follows: An innocent man is trapped on Alabama’s death row.” #ToforestJohnsonhttps://t.co/lwoZQZoFax
Four zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server are being actively exploited by a state-sponsored threat group from China and appear to have been adopted by other cyberattackers in widespread attacks.
Great to see US open to new ways of doing things > policy can be innovative too > There's a new welfare mantra, says @noahpinion: Handouts are the hand up people need https://t.co/IdTFP7uhlQ via @bopinion
In Slow Boring, @MarcNovicoff assembled a good deal of polling data which suggests that framing mixed race/class topics in a way that frontloads the racial aspect makes them less popular. https://t.co/z47DA2bvOH
Some Republicans are trying to run an old playbook on Vanita Gupta, painting her as anti-cop. But it may not work this time… because she has the support of law enforcement groups. https://t.co/2vfu423Vhh by @ryanjreilly
