Remembering the Dead White Founders
Remembering the Dead White Founders Happy Independence Day in America 2.0 DONALD JEFFRIES Another Independence Day is here. There will be fireworks, hamburgers, hot dogs, people getting drunk. I guess people still get drunk on holidays. Most Americans realize that July 4 has something to do with our history. But in their dumbed down, historically illiterate minds, the details aren’t exactly clear. As usual, I scanned my cable guide, and found the same dearth of television programs about the founding of this country that I always do. On July 4th, you think they’d have some special programming, like they do for Juneteenth or Pride Month. But no, it’s just the 1776 musical, and that’s about it. If they were to air anything about Thomas Jefferson, or the other founders, it would be negative, portraying them as slave owners. Maybe there will be a special or two about Alexander Hamilton, the bankers’ favorite founder, father of national debt, who has transitioned himself from a dead Wh