tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post9185549274860749832..comments2023-09-29T06:18:27.221-07:00Comments on Cosmic America: Straight From the Department of Bad Ideas...M. Keith Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02444898713867430753noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-61226956166938972052011-04-12T23:56:18.000-07:002011-04-12T23:56:18.000-07:00Even at the University level race relations in the...Even at the University level race relations in the US have to be taught with sensitivity and maturity. I used to teach undergrad Anthropology (in Texas of all places) and later worked in Public History dealing with slavery and human rights for this same age group. If the instructor isn't prepared to lead the activity into a real dialogue on Human Rights (which is the crux of any subjugation issue, from slavery to bullying) and the lessons we can take away from the mistakes of our ancestors, kids come away confused, with hurt feelings and a lot of anger. The psychological damage from something like this haphazard "lesson" sticks around and just perpetuates what the rest of us are *still* trying to reverse in this country.Jenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-89702428285367495802011-04-13T01:48:14.000-07:002011-04-13T01:48:14.000-07:00In Texas of all places?In Texas of all places?Greg Taylorhttp://www.letters1862-1864.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-79732687969300415902011-04-13T05:33:38.000-07:002011-04-13T05:33:38.000-07:00Anthro in Texas is a pretty cush teaching assignme...Anthro in Texas is a pretty cush teaching assignment. In archaeology, for example, you only have to go back 6,000 years.Andy Hallhttp://deadconfederates.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-66903578018046167732011-04-13T05:54:01.000-07:002011-04-13T05:54:01.000-07:00According to The Prehistory of Texas (Texas A&...According to The Prehistory of Texas (Texas A&M University Anthropology Series): “Paleoindians first arrived in Texas more than eleven thousand years ago, although relatively few sites of such early peoples have been discovered. Texas has a substantial post-Paleoindian record, however, and there are more than fifty thousand prehistoric archaeological sites identified across the state.”<br><br> I guess in the scheme of things anthropology is a relatively “dry hole” in Texas.<br>-GregGreg Taylorhttp://www.letters1862-1864.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-5284410546810037002011-04-13T07:40:18.000-07:002011-04-13T07:40:18.000-07:00I was joking, sorry. My wife and I both worked at ...I was joking, sorry. My wife and I both worked at a major prehistoric Indian site on the South Plain while in school, so I'm more familiar than I care to be with the whole Paleoindian thing. The camp mascot dog was named Clovis, IIRC.Andy Hallhttp://deadconfederates.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-70713194487170210782011-04-13T09:53:11.000-07:002011-04-13T09:53:11.000-07:00There was a similar incident a few weeks ago in Oh...There was a similar incident a few weeks ago in Ohio.<br><br>http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/state/ohio-school-sorry-for-making-black-student-%27slave%27-Richardhttp://www.civilwarobsession.comnoreply@blogger.com