[Vision2020] Black and Tan (or "Shock and Awe")

[Janice Willard]

Hi Tom,
When I hear the phrase "black and tan" I automatically think of dogs.  That
is a common coat color pattern found in many breeds: German Shepherds,
Rottweilers, Australian Kelpies, Australian Shepherds, Dachshunds...name a
few.

This makes me wonder if this book by Wilson might similarly be....a dog....

JW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 11:07 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] Black and Tan (or "Shock and Awe")


> Greetings Visionaires -
>
> While browsing Friday's Moscow-Pullman Daily News, I came across a very
> poignant article in Vera White's INK column.
>
> I have copied and pasted this article below for your review, as well as
> saved a digitized copy for posting to the next "Not On The Palouse, Not
> Ever" update.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>   "Shock and Awe."  That's what the INKster said when she learned of the
> proposed new title for Doug Wilson's rewrite of "Southern Slavery: As It
> Was," which readers may remember suffered from a severe case of "citation
> errors".
>
>   According to Wilson's web blog, the new version of the book will be
titled
> "Black and Tan," three words that give colorful meaning to the statement,
> "There has never been a multi-racial society which has existed with such
> mutual intimacy and harmony in the history of the world."
>
>   According to the Christ Church leader, the book will be "a collection of
> essays and excursions on Slavery, Culture War and Scripture in America."
> (No word yet on whether the book comes with a package of Oreos).
>
>   In typical Wilson fashion, he noted he expects his new book to sell at
> least 24 copies.  " . . . and would be willing to wager that 50 percent of
> the purchasers will be local critics with no sense of proportion," he
added.
> "Since their idea of critical interaction is killing ants on the sidewalk
> with a baseball bat, tongues hanging out the sides of their mouths, we
> thought it would be a good idea to have the manuscript looked over
> beforehand by someone whose opinion of it would be truly valuable."
>
>   To that end, Wilson solicited the services of Eugene Genovese, a man he
> believes to be "one of America's truly great historians."  After reading
> "Black and Tan," Wilson said Genovese provided him with the following
blurb
> for the cover.
>
>   "The Reverend Douglas Wilson may not be a professional historian, as his
> detractors say, but he has a strong grasp of the essentials of the history
> of slavery and its relation to Christian doctrine.  Indeed, sad to say,
his
> grasp is a great deal stronger than that of most professors of American
> history, whose distortions and trivializations disgrace our college
> classrooms . . .  ."
>
>   Well, there you have it in black and white.  Or tan, as the case may be.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
>
> Take care, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Just Another Left Wing Intolerista Liberal Elitista Nutjob Wacko Loose in
> the Palouse Doing What Comes Natural.
>
> Note to His Whineyness:  Better correct that to read "23 copies", Bubba.
> I'm saving my nickels and dimes for the Trinity Festival.
>
> "What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that
they
> are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say
> about their cause, but what they say about their opponents."
>
> -- Robert F. Kennedy
>
>
>
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