| Gregory Shafer - 2005 - Страниц: 125
...constructed. Civil rights leader James Baldwin captures the American creation of history when he argues, "What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors" (Loewen 18). Again, we might better understand this deleterious bit of mendacity by exploring our nation's... | |
| James W. Loewen - 2007 - Страниц: 464
...more relevant to you. At least, that's my hope. I. HANDICAPPED BY HISTORY THE PROCESS OF HERO-MAKING What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors. — JAMES BALDWIN 1 One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil... | |
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