Benjamin Alpers, Author at Public Seminar

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The Myth of Black Confederates

And the rise of fake racial tolerance

January 14, 2018 • by Benjamin Alpers

One of the latest Confederate monument fights is currently brewing in South Carolina. State Representatives Bill Chumley and Mike Burns have proposed erecting a monument to black Confederate soldiers. The problem, of course, is that there were no black Confederate soldiers. The Confederate government refused to allow blacks to enlist ...

Marching on Oklahoma

January 27, 2017 • by Benjamin Alpers

Oklahoma progressives are a tough lot. We're used to losing. Still we keep up the fight. When we gather for rallies or marches we see a lot of familiar faces in the small crowds that assemble. When, last week, I said my farewells to a colleague who would also be ...

Benjamin Alpers

The Myth of Black Confederates

And the rise of fake racial tolerance

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