By Algis Valiunas — 2011
Why the prophet of self-actualization was more than just a New Age icon
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Close to 11% of American adults with Hispanic ancestors don’t even identify as Hispanic or Latino.
“The history is what the history is. And it is disrespectful, to white people, to soften the history.”
Two blocks north from my house, a neighbor flies a large Confederate flag. A half-mile south stands a statue commemorating the Confederate soldiers who fought to save my city from the invading armies of the United States of America.
The biggest question that Jared Diamond is asking himself is how to turn the study of history into a science.
To the list of identities Black people in America have assumed or been asked to, we can now add, thanks to this presidential election season, “Obama’s people” and “the African Americans.”
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