Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"In terms of US history [the biggest lie or omission] was the fact that we were taught that 'racism ended with the civil rights movement' and nobody told me about restrictive convents or redlining. The segregation in Cleveland (where I grew up) is plain as day. There are these bombed out inner city neighborhood (all black) and I could not understand why it was segregated like that. My history class didn't do much to help me understand the world I was living in. The history of racial struggle ended with MLK's 'I have a dream speech' ... and they lived happily ever after.

"Looking back I feel sort of betrayed. [...] I ended up hating history. That's why I study math. Mathematics makes sense."

-- futurebird, 2007-11-21