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Sunday, September 3, 2017

Kobe Bryant "Dear Basketball" w John Williams at Hollywood Bowl

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Whitewashing History

An excerpt from the Atlantic -

Making Sense of the Violence in Charlottesville
Was the white-nationalist march better understood as a departure from America’s traditional values, or viewed in the context of its history?
By JAMES FORMAN JR. AND ELIZABETH KLEIN

Broad swaths of the American public repudiated the white nationalists who marched in Charlottesville and President Trump’s response to them. But even in their condemnations, many officials asserted that the hate-filled demonstration and racist violence was un-American. “This bigotry is counter to all this country stands for,” tweeted Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. “The hate being spewed in Virginia is … deeply disturbing and un-American,” wrote Colorado Senator Cory Gardner. The hashtag #ThisIsNotUs trended on Twitter.

But America is a country in which racially motivated white-on-black violent crime forms a clear, unbroken pattern across every generation. Slaves arrived in America through violent crime, and whites have used violence ever since to maintain the racial hierarchy of white supremacy. And yet many Americans of good will honestly, if erroneously, believe that what happened in Charlottesville is “not us.” How can this be? Answering this question demands a look back at some of the most significant patterns of white-on-black violence in American history to identify the precise ways in which that violence was justified, forgotten, or defined as something other than the racist terror that it was.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/09/a-history-of-violence/538659/

Cam Newton's younger brother Caylin Newton is the real deal

Go, Howard!

Cam Newton’s little brother just led the biggest Vegas upset in college football history
QB Caylin Newton’s Bison faced a 45-point spread. Then, they won.
by Alex Kirshner



https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/9/3/16248468/howard-unlv-spread-final-score-record-2017

Friday, September 1, 2017

Pie Crust Enthusiasts Unite

From Slate -

This Genius, Super-Flaky Pie Crust Changes Everything in Piedom
By Kristen Miglore

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/09/01/this_easy_dough_recipe_creates_the_perfect_pie_crust.html?wpsrc=newsletter_tis&sid=554654ea10defb39638b510d

Between the Scenes - Trump Experiences Hurricane Harvey "First Hand": Th...

How Technology Helped

From the NY Times -

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/30/us/houston-flood-rescue-cries-for-help.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=g-artboard%20g-artboard-v3&module=span-abc-region&region=span-abc-region&WT.nav=span-abc-region&_r=0