"America Rock" retrospective

[Wilson23]

Back in the 1970s, with the Bicentennial going on, Schoolhouse Rock did a series of America Rock segments.

Of particular interest is "Elbow Room" -- which tells the story of American territorial expansion without mentioning the Indian Wars (there's just one shot of a cowboy with an arrow through his hat) and without mentioning the Mexican-American War.

Then there's "Sufferin' Till Suffrage" -- about the struggle for women's suffrage. Unobjectionable in itself -- but how can they have covered that, and not done a segment on the black civil rights movement?

In fact, this whole series -- while it tells the stories of the Revolution, and the adoption of the Constitution -- completely ignores the American Civil War! One of the three most important events in American history! (Others being the Revolution and WWII.)

What were they thinking?!

 

[Hel_Books]

Back in the 1970s, with the Bicentennial going on, Schoolhouse Rock did a series of America Rock segments.

Of particular interest is "Elbow Room" -- which tells the story of American territorial expansion without mentioning the Indian Wars (there's just one shot of a cowboy with an arrow through his hat) and without mentioning the Mexican-American War.

Then there's "Sufferin' Till Suffrage" -- about the struggle for women's suffrage. Unobjectionable in itself -- but how can they have covered that, and not done a segment on the black civil rights movement?

In fact, this whole series -- while it tells the stories of the Revolution, and the adoption of the Constitution -- completely ignores the American Civil War! One of the three most important events in American history! (Others being the Revolution and WWII.)

What were they thinking?!

The American Civil War (Technically it wasn't, it was just a secessionist rebellion. A civil war is an attempt to take over the entire nation!) is a hard subject for many people in the USA. How can they justify so many of their ancestors fought a war to subjugate an entire race? The famous Cornerstone Speech by Alexander H. Stephens said this about liberty and equality:

Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth.
But still they put up statues to Robert E. Lee, a racist, slave-owning traitor responsible for more American deaths than Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo and Kaiser Wilhelm combined!

 

[briancamdudetenger2018]

lol the old days of abc during the saturday morning cartoons era

 

[Wilson23]

lol the old days of abc during the saturday morning cartoons era

There are a lot of things about the 1970s worth missing. That one falls somewhere between disco and cocaine.

 

[Wilson23]

Back in the 1970s, with the Bicentennial going on, Schoolhouse Rock did a series of America Rock segments.

Of particular interest is "Elbow Room" -- which tells the story of American territorial expansion without mentioning the Indian Wars (there's just one shot of a cowboy with an arrow through his hat) and without mentioning the Mexican-American War.

Then there's "Sufferin' Till Suffrage" -- about the struggle for women's suffrage. Unobjectionable in itself -- but how can they have covered that, and not done a segment on the black civil rights movement?

In fact, this whole series -- while it tells the stories of the Revolution, and the adoption of the Constitution -- completely ignores the American Civil War! One of the three most important events in American history! (Others being the Revolution and WWII.)

What were they thinking?!

Funny thing -- the Indian Wars, the Mexican-American War and the Civil War were also completely omitted from the American-history segments of the WWII propaganda series "Why We Fight."

That same series also covered the Soviet Union and its history and its war with Germany without once mentioning the word "communism" -- nor "socialism." except when stating the official name of the country.

 

[latecomer91364]

Bravo! Nothing better than going back 50 years to find a show that supports whatever feeble commentary you espouse.

But - I just added this to a folder I keep in 'Bookmarks' called "who gives a fuck?"

 

[Wilson23]

Bravo! Nothing better than going back 50 years

It's all of stubbornly persistent relevance.

Just like this.

 

[RoryN]

I just added this to a folder I keep in 'Bookmarks' called "who gives a fuck?"

An easy-to-access spot for...things you supposedly don't care about.

Thank you for another great example of how Deplorables fail at both humor and wit 90% of the time.

 

[briancamdudetenger2018]

There are a lot of things about the 1970s worth missing. That one falls somewhere between disco and cocaine.

like the ladies in the 70s lol

 

[Wilson23]

It's all of stubbornly persistent relevance.

Just like this.

"Ambush at Kamikaze Pass" is a famous essay about (mostly unconscious) racism in Hollywood films. And even with the "blackwashing" conservatives complain about, can we really say all that has gone away?

 

[LLCox]

"Ambush at Kamikaze Pass" is a famous essay about (mostly unconscious) racism in Hollywood films. And even with the "blackwashing" conservatives complain about, can we really say all that has gone away?

It's hard not to see black and whites not living together on commercials anymore. Where are the Mexican'ts and Asians living together.