Confronting White Rage in Florence, Alabama?

 

What is "White Rage?" We're sure it's different things to different people. Is there White Rage in Florence, Alabama? We're sure there must be some somewhere; however, we would be hard pressed to think of a specific example. Remember, we're not discussing racism or discrimination, but White Rage...whatever that may actually be.

If anyone is concerned that not enough is being done about White Rage in Florence, there's a new article on how to confront the problem. Here's the abstract:

Public historians have struggled to take a hard line against neo-Confederate groups in theory as well as practice. This article proposes a methodological shift that can clarify the work and obligations of the public historian following the insurrection on January 6, 2021. The frame of action research positions historians as public-facing actors and advocates. The frame of restorative justice clarifies the stakes of, and stakeholders within, historical harm. We apply these frameworks to two contested sites for public history in Florence, Alabama, that revolve around the Confederacy. Finally, we use our experiences from the field to distinguish communities from counter-communities and provide strategies for making cultural institutions inhospitable to cultural insurrectionists.

After reading the abstract, you may be asking what neo-Confederacy groups? Perhaps the KKK? Unfortunately, this group does have supporters in Florence, but so does does "911 Was an Inside Job" and other extreme fringe lunatics. It's not as if they rear their ugly platforms with frequency.

Perhaps we'll all need to fork over $24.00 for the current issue of Public Historian. That periodical contains the article referenced above - "Public History in the Age of Insurrection" by Florence resident/city employee Brian W. Murphy.

Many questions come to mind about this Florence White Rage. Thank our lucky stars that Murphy is telling the world about the obvious cesspool in which we live. Such articles as these really help increase tourism, don't they?

Perhaps some kind reader will purchase a copy and send us a brief synopsis - you know, one with the socio-babble removed.

Florence Author Murphy Engaging in Performance Art