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[xp_chambers]

 [1] Hey I found this really great article that explains why America has such shite public transportation
 [2] https://sustainableamerica.org/blog/why-doesnt-the-us-have-better-public-transportation/
 [3] it's all incredibly fucked I am so sorry
 [4] Also WOW Henry Ford was a terrible human being 
 [5] did you know that there's an entire section of his wikipedia page just dedicated to how much of a bigot he was? 
 [6] horrifying

Comments

[xp_husk]

[1] Oh cool thanks. I’ll read that later.
[2] Yeah all we learned about him in school was that he invented the assembly line.
[3] Sorry it took me a minute to respond. Busy day.

[xp_chambers]

[1] following the Henry Ford tangent
[2] you had to learn square dancing?
[3] because Henry Ford was racist?

[xp_husk]

[1] What?
[2] We did square dancing, I don’t know why.
[3] What are you reading now?

[xp_chambers]

[1] I found a really cool article from the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education detailing the antisemitic nature of Henry Ford's arts education patronage
[2] but this article is much shorter and does a really good job of explaining it
[3] https://www.mic.com/articles/186892/how-square-dancing-became-a-weapon-of-white-supremacy-against-an-anti-semitic-jazz-dance-conspiracy
[4] I also watched several videos of square dances and it does seem extremely white

[xp_husk]

[1] Yeah, it is really white.
[2] Thanks for the article, I’ll give it a read in a bit.
[3] What got you interested in Henry Ford?

[xp_chambers]

[1] Remember when we were talking about trains?
[2] that led me to the American highway system and automotive industry
[3] both of which led me to the use of highway systems to destroy minority neighborhoods and separate them from services and also to Henry Ford
[4] I've spent the past week on this

[xp_husk]

[1] Ah ok. Glad you’re learning something new.

[xp_chambers]

[1] I can stop texting you about it if it's annoying you
[2] shite sorry, you're busy with classes

[xp_husk]

[1] No, you’re fine. It’s interesting, and I like learning new things.
[2] Plus everyone should know how awful Ford was.
[3] You’re doing important work!

[xp_chambers]

[1] oh
[2]okay
[3] I tend to get into research ruts like this a lot

[xp_husk]

[1] Yeah? Find anything else worth sharing?

[xp_chambers]

[1] Henry Ford paid for a bunch of historic American buildings to be deconstructed and had the mortar ground down and rehydrated to reconstruct the buildings on his property and it's part of a museum now

[xp_husk]

[1] Wow that sucks.