………is not that it’s only a month (people who complain about it should respect its history), but that, like its sibling, MLK Day, the Establishment uses it as a way to instill some innocuous pride instead of directly confronting the ugly side of American history.

Check out this “News And Notes” story and subsequent interview. And here’s the newspaper account that spurred NPR’s interest.

So, children in 2007 L.A. who grow up with all kinds of rap lyrics can’t handle the Till story? PUL-LEASE.   🙂