...liberating not only Negroes, you would be liberating white people who know nothing of their own history. What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors." On February 7th of this year, Jun Ke Choy, a bank manager in San Francisco reported organized effort...

...liberating not only Negroes, you would be liberating white people who know nothing of their own history. What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors." On February 7th of this year, Jun Ke Choy, a bank manager in San Francisco reported organized effort...

...constructed. Civil rights leader James Baldwin captures the American creation of history when he argues, "What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors" (Loewen 18). Again, we might better understand this deleterious bit of mendacity by exploring our nation's...

...more relevant to you. At least, that's my hope. I. HANDICAPPED BY HISTORY THE PROCESS OF HERO-MAKING What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors. — JAMES BALDWIN 1 One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil...