Going nowhere with " racism "

Does a year pass in our society without some indignant

    person of color challenging the presence of Mark Twain's classic

    " Huckleberry Finn " in the high school curricula ? 

            Only illiterates will find it to be propaganda for white

    racism. It seems to be true enough that our schools nowadays are not

    places where the MIND can find itself, where FREE THOUGHT  and HONEST

    INQUIRY are encouraged.

            Neither the political Left or the political Right show any

    real passion for old fashioned DEMOCRACY. The AGENDA is everything.

           How can even the brightest kids have everything all figured

    out even before their college sophomore year ?

         Are we hatched as LIBERALS, CONSERVATIVES, RADICALS ? Should

    not life experience and diligent study ultimately determine our

    points of view ?

          There is a very practical reason for tolerating controversial

    points of view : We could be wrong !

           Today many creatures of academia believe that a dull and

    obtuse Multi-Culturalism is the last word in social philosophy.

          I observe no passion for EQUALITY anywhere today. What they

    ALL want is the upper hand, the edge, a privileged position .

        More ominous I observe no passion for TRUTH, just the partisan

    slant on it .

         What is happening to Democracy in America ?