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Ignorant Patriotism Thrives by Censoring History

Some chapters in American history may be difficult to process, but they should be there for us to learn. It was more than a year ago when one of my blogs posted on Facebook received an ominous “blacklisted” tag. It was only a couple of weeks after the insurgence at the Capitol. The word “fascism” was in the blog’s heading, and I thought maybe it was flagged for proliferating an unproven conspiracy or fueling anti-government sentiments. It [...]

By Wes Skillings|2022-03-01T16:23:02+00:00March 1, 2022|1960's, American History, Constitution Rights, Education, History, Ignorance, Racism, Slavery|

Now’s the Time to Take a Stand against Haters

Hatred of any person, especially an entire race, can poison an otherwise healthy mind. Any dialogue about racism is good. My last blog wasn’t specifically about the president, but my references to him were primarily about his failure during this crazy campaign season to stand up against hate groups and white supremacist violence. For the record, my fact-checking confirms three distinct times he did behave presidentially in the aftermaths of two violent events that resulted in the [...]

By Wes Skillings|2022-01-24T09:09:57+00:00October 21, 2020|Conspiracies, Discrimination, Donald Trump, Fact Checking, Obama, Politics, Presidency, Racism, Truth, White Supremacy|

Political Expediency Nurtures Racism, Hatred

Hatred of free blacks has kept white supremacy alive for 155 Years. There is no question that the history most of us were taught in school, including the generations that have followed mine, offered a rosier narrative of slavery than it deserved. Centuries of enslavement, mostly imposed on Africans abducted from their villages and families, converted an estimated 3.6 million men, women and children into property— more than half of them propping up a fairy tale plantation [...]

By Wes Skillings|2022-01-24T09:09:57+00:00October 14, 2020|American History, Antebellum South, Discrimination, Donald Trump, Racism, Radical Right, White Supremacy|

Racial Prejudice: How Far Have We Really Come?

The message of the evils of racism still falling on deaf ears. I had a blog written about how all of us are more alike than different, but it just doesn’t seem credible anymore. It’s reassuring to think we’re always going to have a happy ending here, as well as in the hereafter, and that we all have more goodness within us than iniquity. Maybe, but, then again, we may merely be a nation of strangers who [...]

By Wes Skillings|2022-01-24T09:09:59+00:00June 3, 2020|American History, Bible, Evil, History, Lyrics, Racism, Truth, Victims|

We’re Still Learning to Respect Our Differences

I’ve always been fascinated by how good people— people like you and me— can allow horrible things to happen or be so easily indoctrinated into believing that evil practices are somehow okay. For example, how did the German people in the 1930’s not only come to believe that the Jews were responsible for all their problems but, a decade later, sit idly as millions of Jews were slaughtered in extermination camps? Of course, many didn’t realize how far they [...]

By Wes Skillings|2022-01-24T09:10:38+00:00January 18, 2017|Uncategorized|