Editorials & Other Articles

Thanks for posting this article. This book is on my to-read list.

Activists these days may think we know our histories...but there's always more to uncover. Ironically, electronic data storage will make this much more difficult. The history in this book depends on the fact that someone had a "secret" hard copy of information. (Heck, I can barely access files from fifteen years ago, because most were stored on a weird external drive and I didn't have the ability to transfer them.)

The systems that were developed to oppress marginalized communities can be used to oppress any marginalized group. Those systems develop over time and become entrenched in the power structures that benefited from them. Florida's deep history of abuse of power has depended on keeping the targeted groups from allying together, but perhaps with DeathSantis promoting his "alligator" project will have been a step too far.