TENNESSEE WORDSMITH- Blog of Author and Historian Troy D. Smith

BLOG 1: Oct.3 2007. "Reflections on Jena, by a White Southerner"

BLOG 2: Nov. 13, 2008. "What I Believe" (or, Why I Am a Democrat)

BLOG 3: July 23, 2009. "Thoughts on Health Care"

BLOG 4: July 27, 2009. "Two Americas?"

BLOG 5: August 1, 2009. "Is there a difference between racism and prejudice?"

BLOG 6: October 19, 2010. "Why It Matters to Me: Race"

BLOG 7: October 29, 2010. "Why It Matters to Me: Class"

BLOG 8: December 16, 2010. "Why It Matters to Me: Gender and Sexuality"

BLOG 9: February 18, 2011. "Racial Hierarchy, Immigration, and New York"

BLOG 10: May 16, 2011. "History, Memory, and the American Civil War"

BLOG 11: March 29, 2012. "Some Thoughts on Trayvon, Zimmerman, and Race"

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