Originally Posted by Paul
Listen kids, its funny that you americans are all GA GA over major taylor..years later now that he is dead.
The cold reality is, and perhaps this is left out of your american history books (along with other things your goverment doesnt want you knowing about) He was not allowed to race in the united states.
"Kids"?
"...things your goverment doesnt want you knowing about..."?
Paul doesn't seem to have a very high opinion of America or Americans.
Too bad.
I find some reassurance and confirmation of my American identity in the observation that we Americans can examine ourselves and our history,
perhaps more rigorously, critically and honestly than one might expect of
kids.
I guess we could have swept Major Taylor under the rug, or rewritten his/our history to make America sound, smell and look better than the reality of it; but, in that case, we wouldn't have the opportunity to grow and learn from the experience.
Has Paul read the
RACE article in
BICYCLING?