re: Principal apologizes for 'insensitive' prom tickets language

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Anything taking place before 1865 -- 1776, Jefferson, The Last Of The Mohicans, Daniel Boone, The Alamo, whatever -- must be viewed through the perspective of slavery. No other viewpoints are acceptable.

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You're missing the point, I think. Because after 1865, and particularly after 1877 (after Reconstruction), there was Jim Crow - and then the Civil Rights movement, and even today there is 400+ years of this history plus #WhitePrivilege.

So, anything, at all, that is deemed traditional American values can be attacked with a simple use of the word, "Racist." It would be laughable if it wasn't so sad.