Washington and Jefferson were both slave owners. Eight sitting presidents owned slaves. The very first slave owner in the United States was black. Should any previous slave owner have their name, statue, school, park, streets, cities or any reference to them be removed from history?
During this pandemic period – with the duel illnesses of racism and COVID-19–I’ve been using the downtime to indulge in a homemade study of American history.
After 23 well-trained armies failed to conquer the Roman capital of Constantinople, what made the 12-year-old Mehmet II think he could achieve what these others had not?
Well, that was fun. Having a beard and long hair with curls took me back to my last semester at CSULB in 1970, although back then it was called Long Beach State College.
As the Op-Ed article states: “We’re seeing soaring unemployment, highly unstable financial markets and governments amassing debt at unprecedented rates.” It then asks a number of prominent economists to propose a single policy government officials can employ to make a difference.
You can call me “D” and I am a white Long Beach Police Officer assigned to South Division. I first want to say that my heart goes out to the family of George Floyd and his family, friends and community.
There is a new contagion sweeping across America, more deadly than the COVID-19 virus released by our collapsing environment and even more dangerous than the world-wide economic collapse triggered by the pandemic.
