Alexander Karn
@xankarn.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History at SLAC (NY, USA). Not representing employer.
Interests: the politics of history, historical justice, historical dialogue, reconciliation.
Commentary: Salon, The Progressive, HuffPost.
Resist Much, Obey Little.
Interests: the politics of history, historical justice, historical dialogue, reconciliation.
Commentary: Salon, The Progressive, HuffPost.
Resist Much, Obey Little.
Reposted by Alexander Karn
“It is not so much that proponents of ‘patriotic education’ want to end any discussion of slavery because they don’t believe it happened, but more that they don’t want people to see how slavery continues to shape social inequality in America today.”
October 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“It is not so much that proponents of ‘patriotic education’ want to end any discussion of slavery because they don’t believe it happened, but more that they don’t want people to see how slavery continues to shape social inequality in America today.”
Reposted by Alexander Karn
He sees to the heart of the matter.
“The Trump administration’s attempt to reshape what is taught in museums and classrooms is fundamentally an attempt to obscure the relationship between the past and the present.”
“The Trump administration’s attempt to reshape what is taught in museums and classrooms is fundamentally an attempt to obscure the relationship between the past and the present.”
October 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
He sees to the heart of the matter.
“The Trump administration’s attempt to reshape what is taught in museums and classrooms is fundamentally an attempt to obscure the relationship between the past and the present.”
“The Trump administration’s attempt to reshape what is taught in museums and classrooms is fundamentally an attempt to obscure the relationship between the past and the present.”
“It is not so much that proponents of ‘patriotic education’ want to end any discussion of slavery because they don’t believe it happened, but more that they don’t want people to see how slavery continues to shape social inequality in America today.”
October 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“It is not so much that proponents of ‘patriotic education’ want to end any discussion of slavery because they don’t believe it happened, but more that they don’t want people to see how slavery continues to shape social inequality in America today.”
He sees to the heart of the matter.
“The Trump administration’s attempt to reshape what is taught in museums and classrooms is fundamentally an attempt to obscure the relationship between the past and the present.”
“The Trump administration’s attempt to reshape what is taught in museums and classrooms is fundamentally an attempt to obscure the relationship between the past and the present.”
October 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
He sees to the heart of the matter.
“The Trump administration’s attempt to reshape what is taught in museums and classrooms is fundamentally an attempt to obscure the relationship between the past and the present.”
“The Trump administration’s attempt to reshape what is taught in museums and classrooms is fundamentally an attempt to obscure the relationship between the past and the present.”
If you want to make an authoritarian omelet...
October 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you want to make an authoritarian omelet...
We should at least have airplanes pulling centenary banners.
October 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We should at least have airplanes pulling centenary banners.
I understand and appreciate your perspective.
Here's why I think No Kings is serious. It's a prefatory exercise. The beginning of a necessary moral decontamination.
progressive.org/latest/what-...
Here's why I think No Kings is serious. It's a prefatory exercise. The beginning of a necessary moral decontamination.
progressive.org/latest/what-...
What the ‘No Kings’ Protests Accomplished
Massive displays of resistance build unity and enable moral decontamination.
progressive.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I understand and appreciate your perspective.
Here's why I think No Kings is serious. It's a prefatory exercise. The beginning of a necessary moral decontamination.
progressive.org/latest/what-...
Here's why I think No Kings is serious. It's a prefatory exercise. The beginning of a necessary moral decontamination.
progressive.org/latest/what-...
I teach your chapters on "Chain of Being" and "Shafts" in my course on "The Politics of History." Thanks for your work!
October 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I teach your chapters on "Chain of Being" and "Shafts" in my course on "The Politics of History." Thanks for your work!