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My New Class-Instructed Patriotism
By Denise Moorehead Days after it aired, I watched a rebroadcast of the National Memorial Day Concert. The event has taken place on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol for more than three decades. It is not something I would normally watch. It was always a bit too rah, rah, armed forces anthems and military […]
Voting Is Radical
If you have not already voted – you are undecided, disillusioned, resentful or just plain tired of it all – realize that people like you who care about class justice must vote. It is an act of resistance. Why? When the U.S. Constitution was adopted on June 21, 1788, voting was left to the states. […]
Down with CRT?
“George Floyd protest” by vpickering Critical Race Theory, or CRT, is an academic and legal framework that denotes that systemic racism is part of American society — from education and housing to employment and healthcare. Critical Race Theory recognizes that racism is more than the result of individual bias and prejudice. It is embedded in […]
Unity Based on Justice
In July of 2020, UU Class Conversations published the blog post The Time to Unite as One America is Now about police brutality and the systemic oppression of Black and other people of color throughout the United States. It focused on how the deaths of black and brown men and women by police officers sparked international […]
