William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying

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5. Thank you for this

It’s heartfelt and enlightening.

I lived in North Carolina when I was a Junior and Senior in High School, just at the time when they started integrating the schools. I was quite fortunate to spend my Senior year in a school that had already been integrated for years because a large number of the students were army kids. That was when I learned that Puerto Rican’s were in the army and were Americans, even though Puerto Rico is a Territory.

I’m glad I was there during a momentous time in our history. It was an incredibly progressive time when this country took a step forward into a better future. Now, with Trump we find out that so many resent that time so much that they would embrace Vladimir Putin as a hero just for recognizing them by helping to make Trump President.

What you say goes a long way towards explaining why this is happening. Thanks!