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moment before them virtually no one will view the photo opportunity in front of st john s church preceded as it was by the violent expulsion of largely peaceful protesters from lafayette park as a great moment in presidential leadership instead of addressing the problems of institutional and structural racism donald trump chose to highlight them as he struggled to reframe the narrative to serve his bid for reelection only to escalate the crisis and promote divisiveness q what else is different a the protesters persisted they regained control of their narrative they distinguished themselves from the looters some even challenged the looters the looting subsided while the protests continued increasing in passion and commitment while attracting broader support their audience already grappling with the consequences of the covid 19 pandemic including quarantines unemployment illness and death were already approaching a breaking point in part because of the controversies surrounding how the president of the united states had addressed those challenges many americans used to seeing news reports about the pandemic now watched as the protests unfolded violence erupted and looting exploded and then subsided leaving the protesters not only as resilient as ever but also attracting broader support most of the media finally got the story right more white people understand white privilege and are moved by fundamental injustice to march and raise their voices for change this time thoughts and prayers won t be enough protesters understand that protests must lead to fundamental transformations to make sure the victims of such violence by law enforcement agencies have not died in vain they have been assisted in this endeavor by the response of the trump administration the fences being erected around the white house the people s house as it has been called leave an impression of a cowering and cowardly chief executive afraid to meet the challenge in front of him choosing to isolate himself from the very people he is supposed to represent and serve protesters have even managed to transform his fences into a wall commemorating their movement donald trump has become a primary target of this protest due to his fumbling response which has energized protesters so have those law enforcement authorities who aware of the ever present cameras that can record and then broadcast their every action nevertheless act in ways that illustrate the need to address policies and practices this time people get it a decade ago for example one would have been hard pressed to imagine the removal of confederate monuments from southern cities for example now in the cumulative wake of charleston charlottesville and george floyd s murder that process accelerates with the monuments along richmond s famed monument avenue disappearing from the former capital of the confederacy just as they went into storage in baltimore and new orleans and people get it in part because they now have seen what they had once only heard about making oppression and violence real and inescapable q how vital is capturing these incidents on film tape digital media in moving the needle on any movement a in 1971 gil scott heron released the revolution will not be televised nearly fifty years later it is being televised the ubiquitous presence of digital recording devices ensured that if someone could record it someone would the killing of george floyd invited viewers to see for themselves what for decades black people had told the rest of america was happening there was no escaping those brutal facts especially when the murder was replayed time and time again more than that the video cultivated the emergence of empathy the same sort of empathy against black oppression that harriet beecher stowe elicited in uncle tom s cabin back in 1851 or network coverage that the civil rights movement in the american south fostered in the 1960s coverage over the next several weeks revealed more instances of police forces out of control with memories of chicago in 1968 replacing those of the burning cities of the sixties and seventies viewers saw protesters persisting in peaceful remonstrances with prominent people joining them and with some law enforcement displaying their support of protests against unwarranted police behavior with many people just emerging from their homes in the age of pandemics and quarantines there was an audience already unnerved by recent events ready to view and be shocked by such behavior in large part because most white people knew that george floyd suffered and died as he did because of the color of his skin you didn t have to take to the streets because the all encompassing world of visual media brought the streets to your television screen once more the point of comparison is the early 1960s when television coverage of the civil rights movement and the violent response to it shocked americans watching on television the majority of whom were white today members of a more diverse audience are angered and moved by what they see on social media and 24 hour cable news channels and political leaders have to respond quickly in order to address the growing unrest thus the failure of president trump to react to the wave of unrest coming on top of what had become a bizarre and at times sadly comic response to the covid 19 pandemic simply reminded viewers that this time someone else would not be restoring peace and progress but law and order in a fashion that seemed both lawless and disorderly q how much impact does it have when civic leaders celebrities retired military and various law enforcement agencies speak up a the willingness of various leaders and celebrities in speaking up often through social media cannot be underestimated americans often seek to emulate the celebrities they admire while the support of various elected officials breaks down the us versus them framing of protest by showing that many political and civic leaders think it s time for a change such people often showed up in various protests in the 1960s with some leaders such as bobby kennedy becoming energized by the movements they sought to comprehend many law enforcement agencies also understand that if they do not make visible their opposition to the misuse of authority by law enforcement officials they risk losing credibility and might even foment the very sort of confrontational engagements they seek to avoid it s much better to march arm in arm than to go toe to toe or eyeball to eyeball to gain trust and legitimacy law enforcement authorities grasp that poor police practices complicate their mission and escalate conflict while shattering a sense of trust and community they are wise to distance themselves from such practices and advocate more constructive solutions this time however they have become more visible in their opposition they know that the cameras are on too what s different this time is the decision of several retired military leaders including those who have served in the trump administration to speak out against the policies and actions of the current president although military leaders have not always kept their opinions to themselves they understand that open opposition to the commander in chief is seriously frowned upon by their peers in today s military they struggle to reconcile obedience to the president with their oath to defend the constitution observing the subordination of the military to civil authority thus even now those individuals who have spoken out however well respected they might be have retired from military service not since ulysses s grant as general in chief opposed the obstructionist policies of andrew johnson during reconstruction that sought to render black freedom and opportunity vulnerable to white supremacist repression and terrorism have we seen this sort of crisis in civil military relations concerning domestic policy q any predictions what will happen with future reform based on what happened in the 1960s a both the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965 were landmark measures seeking to realize in the united states what had first been glimpsed during reconstruction liberty and equality before the law for a free people they were products of the civil rights movement reminding us of the unfinished work before us to make america as good as its word and to realize its promise no doubt the present protests will force changes in law enforcement practices and cause people to reassess the relationship between law enforcement and the citizenry it is supposed to protect to be sure protesters venture onto thin ice when they call for the defunding or disbanding of police departments because no one s quite sure what they mean by such terms and the trump administration has already seized upon such demands to mount its counterattack yet the renewed declaration that black lives matter means more than revisiting police policies procedures and practices the events of 2020 have given americans good reason to examine what this year s events have revealed the underlying structural issues that mitigate against the creation of a just and fair society ironically the president s emphasis on economic recovery and prosperity coming in the wake of a pandemic crisis that did much to expose the systemic inequalities in american life may unwittingly unleash exactly the sort of discussion he so desperately wants to avoid the connection between legal institutions citizenship and real opportunity and and equality in an evolving economic and social order it s a useful exercise in editing and other things i did not see the version that appeared in the online venue until it was published and it s not exactly easy to find otherwise uncategorized ron chernow and brian lamb discuss ulysses s grant november 5 2017 november 5 2017 brooks d simpson 5 comments i m guessing q a is an occasional replacement for booknotes https www c span org video 436112 1 qa ron chernow here s another hour long chat at another venue the previous week uncategorized two scholars on grant october 22 2017 brooks d simpson 5 comments neither one is ron chernow but here s john marszalek who headed a team of scholars who worked on providing us with an annotated edition of the personal memoirs and charles w calhoun who has provided us with the long awaited presidency of ulysses s grant uncategorized matthew heimbach s world august 21 2017 brooks d simpson 8 comments guess who was interviewed on cbsn on assignment tonight virginia flagger favorite matthew heimbach that s right this guy the one marching next to susan frise hathaway remember the flaggers said that it was local charlottesville officials and not heimbach and his fellow white supremacists who were responsible for what happened at charlottesville they still work well together don t they confederate heritage all stars ffv flagger follies from virginia charlottesville august 12 2017 august 12 2017 brooks d simpson 40 comments this weekend groups of individuals gathered at charlottesville virginia to protest something what the groups were protesting is not quite clear that the protest was an unfiltered expression of white supremacy is quite clear images of whites brandishing tiki torches by the rotunda at the university of virginia filled friday evening social media the next day the protests moved to emancipation park ostensibly to object to the efforts by the charlottesville city council to relocate the equestrian monument of robert e lee still standing at what was once called lee park just north of downtown richmond counterprotesters soon appeared as did law enforcement the scene looked rowdy and ugly and then it got worse when a car bearing ohio licence plates plowed into a crowd of counterprotestors just south of the pedestrian mall one woman was killed nineteen people were injured according to media reports and this was in addition to fifteen people reported injured earlier during confrontations during the protest my sympathies to the families and friends of those who died today and best wishes for the recovery of those injured it s a tragedy president donald j trump declared we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred bigotry and violence on many sides on many sides critics noted the president s failure to single out the white supremacists who instigated the rally apparently the man who chided others for their inability to say radical islamic terrorism finds saying white supremacist terrorism very difficult but that at least was better than this you can always count on some folks to protect their allies taken together the events at richmond s public hearing this past week concerning what to do with that city s confederate statuary and the protests and violence at charlottesville as well as the reaction to these events lead us to several conclusions 1 while not all advocates of confederate heritage are racists one cannot deny that there are links between certain prominent confederate heritage groups and white supremacists nationalists as the case of matthew heimbach suggests 2 confederate heritage advocates generally are muted if not completely silent when it comes the the activities of confederate battle flag waving white supremacists nationalists you won t see the virginia flaggers denounce them you won t see connie chastain put out memes assailing them you won t hear a peep from virginia whine country and we await the sons of confederate veterans announcing that the use of the cbf in saturday s events constitutes a heritage violation in large part this is because a good number of the supporters of such groups share the racial attitudes of white supremacists as we ve demonstrated in chastain s case in other cases they re just skeered 3 charlottesville 2017 may join charleston 2015 as signposts on the path to the eradication of confederate symbols on public land i ve always thought that white supremacists are their own worst enemies and just as charleston 2015 created a backlash against confederate symbols so will charlottesville 2017 4 the hearings in richmond this past week suggested that middle ground between those who want monuments to stay in place without any contextual interpretation and those who want removal yes i recall someone recently called for destruction but let s set that aside is eroding quickly forced to make a choice between extremes policymakers and politicians are unlikely to render many decisions that will please advocates of confederate heritage nor will what happened in charlottesville these past several days help heritage advocates in the long run in part because of their own flaccid reaction to events meanwhile removal relocation will pick up support i ve always said that 1 confederate heritage advocates are their own worse enemies and 2 they seem unwilling to disassociate themselves from white supremacists or denounce them with anywhere near the same vigor with which they assail their cri...