Alan MillsAs Ruth Wilson Gilmore says, abolition is not about tearing down; it is about building.Jul 3Jul 3
Alan MillsFirst, well done!Second, dissents are for the long-term. Her powerful dissent won't change a thing...today. But a decade or two from now, one can easily…Jul 31Jul 31
Alan MillsMy personal favorite version of The Sky Is Crying is Stevie Ray Vaughn's, for the same reason that…But I completely agree with your theory that context of exposure matters--a lot. I especially love the analogy of a bottle of wine at a…Jun 242Jun 242
Alan MillsYour observation:"To properly understand how meaning is attached to historic objects, we must examine who historians are listening to. Mostly, this is other…Jun 23Jun 23
Alan Mills"How many white players, or white people for that matter, are called thugs?"Those fouls were a LOT harder than anything Reese did to Clark. But of course, the races were reversed.Jun 211Jun 211
Alan MillsLots of truth here.But one issue you don't address is the problem in Jazz--which was invented by and mostly performed by Black artists, but has never had a…Jun 21Jun 21
Alan MillsIt isn't just "The tactics now closely resemble those used after reconstruction.I am currently suing a prison in southern Illinois which fired a civics teacher for insisting that poll taxes and literacy tests were used…Jun 81Jun 81
Alan MillsAll true, but I don't think that is what King was referring to regarding the "burning house."Sadly, all of those criticisms on the United States moral failures continue to hold true today.Jun 4Jun 4