Opinion, New York Times
The only time I’ve gone to jail in handcuffs, it was for civil disobedience at the North Carolina State Legislative Building.
The state legislature had passed a law restricting ballot access — a law federal courts later struck down for targeting Black voters "with almost surgical precision" — and members of the Moral Mondays movement, led by the state N.A.A.C.P. and the Rev. William Barber, had gathered to register our dissent.
I keep a photo of myself being led off by two police officers in my office at Duke Law School because I want my constitutional law students to know that I consider breaking the law the most patriotic thing I’ve ever done. 
There was nothing especially brave about my arrest, which was no doubt softened by my race and professional status, but it did show me something. I think all of us at the protest felt a bit of what Lerone Bennett Jr., the former Ebony executive editor, writing about the crowd at the 1963 March on Washington, called “a certain surprise, as though the people had discovered suddenly what they were and what they had.”
I wrote a guest essay for Times Opinion this week about this feeling, what I call progressive patriotism: a political mood in which we can criticize the country in the most severe way and also with affection, pride and a real feeling that we — all of us — are in this messy politics together.
I wrote a guest essay for Times Opinion this week about this feeling, what I call progressive patriotism: a political mood in which we can criticize the country in the most severe way and also with affection, pride and a real feeling that we — all of us — are in this messy politics together.
In these fraught times, patriotism can seem too similar to the right-wing nationalism that loves to wear the flag or to an insipid centrism that doesn’t understand why we can’t all just get along. Instead of turning away from patriotism, we should recover a patriotic spirit that can see every one of America’s flaws but also recognizes that the country is a chance to build a real democracy. Patriotism means not giving up on one another or on what we can do together — and can only do together.
Where to find this kind of patriotism?
Where to find this kind of patriotism?
I look back to Frederick Douglass’s great speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” because, in addition to unleashing devastating attacks on American racial tyranny and the hypocrisy of celebrating freedom in a country built on slavery, he found “saving principles” in the Declaration of Independence and its promise of freedom and equality.
A country is a struggle and a project, and deep attachment to its best potential can drive progress.
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Mexicans in the RGV know this as a day for Cohetes and nothing more. There were no Mexicans in Philadelphia in 1776. Why lie
July 4th is an Anglo holiday. Keep your huaraches in the closet, mex!
Shame them in the eyes of the world and they cave-in... look at russia
I agree that slaves built this country. Its unfortunate however that we continue to accept this practice. Through our open border policies the human trafficking element is striving. Is this not a form of slavery? We continue to purchase billions of dollars from China who produces their products by forced labor. Is this not slavery? Black slavery is over. However slavery in the world continues.
More lies from the New York Times.
Amen. 🙏🏻 God Bless America!
Para el pendejo at: July 3, 2022 at 8:07 AM
1776 During the Revolutionary War, General George Washington requests aid in fighting the British from Bernardo de Galvez, Governor of Spanish Lousiana. Galvez gathers approximately 10,000 pesos from Tejano citizens of the Texas territory and gathers cattle for a cattle drive north to provide Washington and his troops with fresh meat.
Muertos de hambre, mentirosos y RATAS como siempre. Smell your ass it still smells rancid from the meat your lying cousins ate supplied by Mexican Tejanos... IDIOTA PENDEJO.
General Galvez enthusiastically joined the formal war against England by initially enlisting a force that included 300 recruits from Mexico, free blacks, 500 experienced Spanish infantrymen, volunteers from the American colonies and Louisiana’s German and Acadian communities, and American Indians.
The Spanish government built up its military in America then demanded that Great Britain recognize the rebel “United States of America.” When that demand was rejected, Spain declared war.
With numbers eventually totaling 8,000 and equaling those of France helping Washington in New England and Virginia, Galvez routed the British from their strongholds in Baton Rouge and Mobile Bay and at the massive fortress at Pensacola
Luckily the needed funds were raised by the Spanish in Cuba in an emergency collection from the people of Havana. Washington’s soldiers and French sailors were paid, the British surrendered, and the United States of America was born, paid for with Mexican silver and gold — eight years after the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Six decades later, Mexicans and Americans fought a border war that resulted in a huge expansion of the U.S. and a shrinking by half of Mexico. Over 100,000 Mexican citizens automatically became U.S. citizens per the Treaty of Guadalupe that ended the war in 1848.
Many of them would don U.S. uniforms and fight in and during the Civil War. Their war contribution was a Mexican-American cavalry brigade in California that defended the country west of New Mexico. It was commanded by the highest ranking Hispanic in the Union ground forces, Brigadier General Romualdo Pacheco.
Open up a history book once in a while pinches gringos culos!!
Six decades later, Mexicans and Americans fought a border war that resulted in a huge expansion of the U.S. and a shrinking by half of Mexico. Over 100,000 Mexican citizens automatically became U.S. citizens per the Treaty of Guadalupe that ended the war in 1848.
Many of them would don U.S. uniforms and fight in and during the Civil War. Their war contribution was a Mexican-American cavalry brigade in California that defended the country west of New Mexico. It was commanded by the highest ranking Hispanic in the Union ground forces, Brigadier General Romualdo Pacheco. Six decades later, Mexicans and Americans fought a border war that resulted in a huge expansion of the U.S. and a shrinking by half of Mexico. Over 100,000 Mexican citizens automatically became U.S. citizens per the Treaty of Guadalupe that ended the war in 1848.The highest ranking Hispanic naval officer of the war, Admiral David Farragut of “damn the torpedoes” fame, was offered the Republican nomination for President in 1868.
More than 20,000 Hispanics served in the Civil War from private to general and admiral, and Hispanics have continued to distinguish themselves serving in America’s armed forces. The wartime honor roll includes:
Boxer Rebellion — Marine Pvt. France Silva became the first Mexican-American to be awarded a Medal of Honor.
World War I — Army Pvt. David B. Barkeley Cantu from Texas was awarded a Medal of Honor posthumously; the Army did not know he was Mexican-American until decades later. Army Private Marcelino Serna, born in Mexico and living illegally in the United States, was the first Mexican to earn the Distinguished Service Cross. He was also Texas’ most decorated veteran of the war.
World War II – Seventeen Hispanics were awarded the Medal of Honor including the war’s second most decorated fighting man, Texan Cleto Rodriguez, the most decorated fighting Mexican-American ever. Two of those honored were actually Mexican citizens.
Korean War – Fifteen Hispanics were awarded the Medal of Honor, including 10 Mexican-Americans and five Puerto Ricans.
Vietnam — Twenty-two Hispanics, including four Puerto Ricans, three Mexican citizens and 15 Mexican-Americans were awarded the Medal of Honor.
Feliz Cuatro de Julio! Viva la Independencia!
all articles By Raoul Lowery Contreras and Frank D. Gomez
Did Mexico help in the American Revolutionary War?
Spanish silver, mined by indigenous Mexican workers in Zacatecas, Chihuahua and Durango, provided the wealth that largely funded the war. Millions of Spanish pesos backed the weak American currency — the Continental — and launched a massive Spanish supply effort that aided the American rebels. As early as 1776,
July 3, 2022 at 8:07 AM
Mexicans will also be in the conquering of Space, intergalactic travel and the defeat of the UFOs.
Plus they will go and work all over the Milky Way Galaxy: planting trees, taking care of children, and cleaning the homes.
They will be the first illegal aliens in space.
The Mexican illegal aliens, will marry legal aliens from Neptune, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn etc
Pura raza en el espacio.
People complaining about the price of firecrackers! What the hell are they doing spending money for firecrackers when they need food stamps to get food to eat. Why don't they take their card and roll it up into a firecracker and burn it. What idiot takes $100 bill and burn it?
Hilbillys use the bottom of a bucket as firecrackers, wash base as a musical instrument and rubber bands as guitars. Pinches pendejos mamones y huevones NEVER WORKED IN THEIR LIFETIME... "HERE COMES THE FOOD STAMPS MAE, OH GOODIE GOODIE LUTHER". SPEND MONEY??? HOW IF THEY NEVER WORKED A SINGLE DAY IN THEIR STINKI' LIFE. BOLA DE HUEVONES.
MARRIAGE? THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SHIT IS THAT! PUROS PINCHES ANIMALES...
GRATITUDE, HILLBILLYS DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MEANING. GIVE THEM A DAY OLD BREAD AND THEY BITE YOU WHOLE HAND, GRATITUDE ITS JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR THE ANIMAL RACE. RATAS, WHITE/HILLBILLYS/COCOS
I TRUST THE DIMMEST ANIMAL ON THIS PLANET THAT THE WHITES/HILLBILLYS/RATAS. fact c/s
Hillbilly is an uppidy gringo that never went to school or worked. Coco is a wanna be uppidy gringo/coco.
July 3, 2022 at 8:07 AM
Aqui esta tu space maricon come and get it joto.
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