We Should Open Our Eyes, See What's

I Was Terrible Student At Michigan, Terrible. Because There Was Too Much Else To Do. I Was Learning Form Too Many Other Sources To Go To Class.

Guilty As Hell. Free As A Bird. America Is A Great Country.

Dunbar-ortiz Strips Us Of Our Forged Innocence, Shocks Us Into New Awareness, And Draws A Straight Line From The Sins Of Our Fathers-settler-colonialism, The Doctrine Of Discovery, The Myth Of Manifest Destiny, White Supremacy, Theft And Systematic Killing-to The Contemporary Condition Of Permanent War, Invasion And Occupation, Mass Incarceration, And The Constant Use And Threat Of State Violence.

Something About The Fact That An African American Had, Given The Long Sad History Of Our Country, Now Become President - That Was Exhilarating.

You Will Be Raising These Kids In Your Mind Your Whole Life. And They Will Change You. Your Little Contribution To It - Twenty Years From Now, They'll Be Marching Off Into Other Things And That's Still The Legacy You Leave.