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History, Tourism, and Pain

Posted in African-Americans, Alabama slavery apology, Amistad, Civil War, NPR, apology, consumerism, injustice, justice, memorials, memory, racial representation, racism, slavery apology, spectacle, tourism, whiteness on August 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I was driving home and listening to one of my least favorite shows on National Public Radio – Marketplace – when they did a short feature on history-buff tourism in the United States. A nice break from endless musings on the meaning of housing markets, loan rates, control of inflation, etc. The sort of stuff [...]

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