Thanks so much for this great essay. Much appreciated. This expresses so well what many of us are thinking. And to Gregory and Cassandra, be careful. Don’t fall into that trap of thinking you are the first generation of US citizens who felt the ability to critique the US. From Thoreau to John Dewey to MLK to James Baldwin to Abbie Hoffma…
Thanks so much for this great essay. Much appreciated. This expresses so well what many of us are thinking. And to Gregory and Cassandra, be careful. Don’t fall into that trap of thinking you are the first generation of US citizens who felt the ability to critique the US. From Thoreau to John Dewey to MLK to James Baldwin to Abbie Hoffman to John Lewis and on…there has always existed - thank goodness - a robust counter culture. Certainly it has ebbed and flowed. It is now time, once again, to join in, to reconnect with that culture. Regardless of where we live. My life is in the Loire Valley and yet my soul is split. I celebrate my life in France, good and bad, and I mourn for what is happening in the US. In doing so, I hope to connect in some small way with that long and distinguished history of protest.
Thanks so much for this great essay. Much appreciated. This expresses so well what many of us are thinking. And to Gregory and Cassandra, be careful. Don’t fall into that trap of thinking you are the first generation of US citizens who felt the ability to critique the US. From Thoreau to John Dewey to MLK to James Baldwin to Abbie Hoffman to John Lewis and on…there has always existed - thank goodness - a robust counter culture. Certainly it has ebbed and flowed. It is now time, once again, to join in, to reconnect with that culture. Regardless of where we live. My life is in the Loire Valley and yet my soul is split. I celebrate my life in France, good and bad, and I mourn for what is happening in the US. In doing so, I hope to connect in some small way with that long and distinguished history of protest.
Baldwin is definitely a writer who has had a major impact on my relationship with the US from afar