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A reparative mini-reading list, in honor of America’s 250th.

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A reparative mini-reading list, in honor of America’s 250th.
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Happy (belated) 250th, America! We’re not exactly in the party mood this rainy Monday, but que sera. This weekend brought Washington a militaristic display, and most states a conundrum: how do we celebrate a country that is actively furthering a violent, fascist agenda, in and outside its own borders?
To paraphrase Dazed and Confused‘s Ms. Stroud on the day of the bicentennial, we can’t forget what we’ve been asked to celebrate: “the fact that a bunch of slave-ownin

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