Dude, who even knows.

23rd July 2014

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The Scotsman asked what was up with “African-American” as distinct from incidentally African “American” and I was like, “Ah, you want to understand race in America? First, you must learn everything.”

There are three classic topics in American history and they go

1. Race, huh?

2. Why no socialism?

3. The frontier, huh?

and basically the answer to any of those is the other two

Tagged: historyamhistnationalismthe scotsman

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