Posted on 08/19/2017 9:10:34 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
On August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will arrive mid-morning on the coast of Oregon. The moon’s shadow will be about 70 miles wide, and it will race across the country faster than the speed of sound, exiting the eastern seaboard shortly before 3 p.m. local time. It has been dubbed the Great American Eclipse, and along most of its path, there live almost no black people.
Presumably, this is not explained by the implicit bias of the solar system. It is a matter of population density, and more specifically geographic variations in population density by race, for which the sun and the moon cannot be held responsible. Still, an eclipse chaser is always tempted to believe that the skies are relaying a message. At a moment of deep disagreement about the nation’s best path forward, here comes a giant round shadow, drawing a line either to cut the country in two or to unite it as one. Ancient peoples watched total eclipses with awe and often dread, seeing in the darkness omens of doom. The Great American Eclipse may or may not tell us anything about our future, but its peculiar path could remind us of something about our past—what it was we meant to be doing, and what we actually did along the way. And if it seems we need no reminding, consider this: We tend to backlight our history, and so run the risk of trying to recover a glory that never existed. When the light in August changes, watch carefully.
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I once had an art teacher who said that there is no absolute black in nature. There are no black people. We are all one shade or another of brown, except for albinos who are pink. Can we get over the skin color already?
If they want to read anything into this eclipse,it can be used to show how there can be some occasional darkness(approaching total eclipse) in our lives,but it can quickly turn into light again(coming out of total eclipse)..
St. Louis...no black population in sight. Same with southern Illinois. Yeah, right. *sigh* Clearly the author has never left New York... or wherever. This drivel is actually quite shocking.
Apparently when it is not about LBGTYECRH or who can use the ladies room.
[and along most of its path, there live almost no black people]
Ah, another liberal lying. Boy, you never see that. Except every day.
The Black Hole speaks.
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