General Discussion

I found this particularly interesting:

"Even the term "Multiculturalism", which was an attempt to resurrect the concept of equal rights after the purge of "Affirmative Action" as a remedy to the horrors of the past that triggered the Civil Rights movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, was itself destroyed, in a historic sense, and that eventually (and quietly) gave rise to a new term - "DEI" (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion).

And now, before our own eyes, THAT is being purged from existence."

I'd never seen that put together like that before, and had certainly never thought of it myself.

And yes, American domestic history does seem to ride a pendulum swinging between progress for human rights and incusion, and backlash and oppression and paranoa and violence. I was naive enough to think that the election of President Obama represented some sort of milestone from which we could move forward and build, not suspecting except in my darkest moments that it would provoke the intensely racist backlash that it did. Live and learn, or I try to, anyway.

There was a "Germantown" a bunch of miles from where I used to live, but its German population was long gone, leaving only the name behind.

Thanks again, and best wishes.