{"id":105934,"date":"2016-09-08T08:58:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T16:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=105934"},"modified":"2023-09-01T01:58:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T09:58:43","slug":"manishtana-growing-up-i-was-taught-not-to-pledge-allegiance-to-america-a-country-built-on-a-promise-of-racial-equality-thats-crumbled-in-front-of-our-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=105934","title":{"rendered":"MaNishtana: Growing up, I was taught not to pledge allegiance to America, a country built on a promise of racial equality that\u2019s crumbled in front of our eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone growing up black and Jewish in America is unlikely to be enchanted with the country. It is basic Social Identity Theory<\/a>. Whites and Chinese growing up in Ghana are probably not wrapped up in Ghana. It is normal and natural for minorities to be unhappy with the majority culture and that has nothing to do with the majority culture being bad. <\/p>\n

The same type of disaffected article could be written by an Arab growing up in the Jewish state or a non-Japanese person growing up in Japan or a Seventh-Day Adventist growing up in Australia.<\/p>\n

From Tabletmag.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Growing up, I was taught not to pledge allegiance to America, a country built on a promise of racial equality that\u2019s crumbled in front of our eyes.<\/p>\n

Some “real Americans” have been in a patriotic tizzy over Colin Kaepernick’s recent protest of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” during which the NFL quarterback sat, and then took a knee (in deference to the sacrifices of veterans), in order to demonstrate his discontent over the treatment of African Americans in general, and disproportionate police brutality in particular. Kaepernick’s continuous protest has inspired others, whether they share the field with him or not, to do the same as the 49ers QB.<\/p>\n