by Bryon L. Garner, PhD | Jul 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Black Patriotism Can Mean Reconciling National Pride With Systemic Racism : NPR— Read on www.npr.org/2020/07/03/886535795/for-some-black-americans-love-of-country-means-holding-it-accountable
by Bryon L. Garner, PhD | Jul 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Independence Day stirs a deep love of country. This year, it’s also stirring hope of a more inclusive embrace of the Black American experience.— Read on...
by Bryon L. Garner, PhD | Jun 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity” ― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time I was asked a couple days ago, “What does the American Flag...
by Bryon L. Garner, PhD | Jun 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
All the chatter about Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods on Netflix this month reminded me of a book I read over 30 years ago, Wallace Terry’s Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans. I have an affinity for military history and had read a number of books...
by Bryon L. Garner, PhD | Jun 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dr. Matthew F. Delmont’s article in The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/how-us-military-came-embrace-confederate-flag/613027/) addresses the multi-dimensionality of the Confederate Stars and Bars and how Confederate culture became...