Academic Rants

I have theorized that the current state of America’s racial affairs are largely tied to our teaching of race. While our basic ideas of identity are taught in the home, students are exposed to and taught a variety of concepts throughout their basic education. Throughout the middle of the twentieth century, when mindsets were open to change and racial and social integration were hailed as a national priority, schools were able to make inroads in changing perspectives. However, times have changed. We live in a faster paced society where children are bombarded by all types of unrestricted information. Efforts that were once pioneering require wholesale revision.   The elements of difference currently introduced in primary schools are far too simplistic to serve as a foundation for future conflicts. In essence we are consciously under-preparing children to allow their first constructions of identity to remain unchallenged. America, indirectly and willingly, is supporting s

-->             Regardless of your opinions of the administration and the president, the United States is experiencing fundamental change. It is literally disintegrating as a world power. This decline can be measure in several ways. 1)    America can no longer stand as nation of high moral values. 2)    The nation’s political structure and governance is highly flawed 3)    Americans have less confidence in their political systems and politicians 4)    The United States is a dangerous nation as other nations feel that the United States lacks firm policies and ideologies 5)    Racial, religious, gender and class tensions are extremely volatile 6)    Health care in America is the worse of the developed nations 7)    Corruption, both social and political, is visible on a daily basis 8)    Freedom of the press is rapidly disappearing and the press is becoming seen as the tools of political parties or political ideologies 9)    America is perceived as