[Vision2020] Review of Fox-Genovese book.

Thu Feb 9 20:21:30 PST 2006

Em, first of all the term "the Greatest Living Historian" is in quotes in 
Dale's presenting of the article...so does he accept this tripe as being 
legit or what?

Second, the title of the article, "The Mind of the Master Class" is 
offensive, to say the least.

Third, "Genovese has doggedly pursued the truth for as long as necessary and 
regardless of its ramifications."  Obviously, he has yet to locate the truth 
and its ramifications are significant.  He espouses falsehoods, projects his 
own views of an era he could not possibly have any first-handed knowledge of 
as being that truth, used the manuscripts, letters and papers of this 
"master class" as the basis for his theories and enlightenment, decides that 
the slave holders were people to be admired and honored ("do not 
disguise...our respect for the slaveholders...nor do we disguise our 
admiration for much in their character and achievements.") and just plainly 
ignores what the truth is/was about slavery - the "owning" of one person by 
another thereby making it impossible for the "owned" to live their lives as 
they choose, where they choose, with whomever they choose is just wrong, 
wrong, wrong.

Fourth, in his "search for the truth" not once did Mr. Genovese even bother 
to read the "testimony" or writings or look at the pictures of any slave or 
relative of a slave or decendent of a slave.  Those truths are ignored by 
Genovese and his ilk in order to ram their take on things down the throats 
of people who blindly follow (sound familiar?) anything.

Ever see the results of slaves who tried to choose where they were to live, 
not to be slaves, or who wanted a better life for their children? Or the 
results of the "master class" deciding being black is just plain wrong?  
Hands, feet, legs, families, lives got cut off so this "master class" could 
continue in the lifestyle THEY wanted; THIS is what was "the admirable 
(that) grew out of the loathsome"?

What's next?  Calling the concentration camps of Germany "country clubs for 
the Jews"?

J  :]

>From: "Robert Sentz" <robsentz at hotmail.com>
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Review of Fox-Genovese book.
>Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:59:50 -0500
>
>
>This one from the Atlantic Monthly is also good, but a little different. 
>Here Eugene Genovese is termed "The Greatest Living Historian."
>
>http://right-mind.us/blogs/blog_0/archive/2005/09/13/36463.aspx
>
>Cheers
>Rob
>
>>From: DonaldH675 at aol.com
>>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>>Subject: [Vision2020] Review of Fox-Genovese book.
>>Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 18:08:49 EST
>>
>>Visionaries
>>
>>A friend sent me this link to a recent review of Elizabeth Fox Genovese's
>>book  "The Mind of the Master Class: History and Faith  in the Southern
>>Slaveholders' Worldview."   (Some of you may  recall that she was to be 
>>the featured
>>speaker at a recent NSA graduation. And,  of course her husband has 
>>written a
>>blurb for Doug Wilson's reworked pamphlet  "Southern Slavery As It Was, 
>>which
>>is now called "Black and Tan." )
>>
>>The review points out the principle problems with the work (while
>>acknowledging the great footnotes - Doug should read it for that reason  
>>alone, he could
>>use some polishing on that skill).  Ms.  Fox-Genovese is apparently about
>>thirty years behind in the research  and  much of the book is devoted to 
>>her
>>understanding the minds of godly  Christian slaveholders etc. etc. etc.  
>>(Maybe
>>this was a collaborative  effort?)  If any NSA students are still reading 
>>V2020
>>I urge them to take a  look - the review is indicative of how real 
>>historians
>>work.
>>_http://www.powells.com/review/2006_02_09_
>>(http://www.powells.com/review/2006_02_09)
>>
>>Another link that is well worth following is a recently developed  website
>>devoted to Christ Church East aka the Highland Study Center and its  
>>pastor,
>>R.C. Sproul Jr.  Spoul has been held accountable by his  presbytery 
>>(unlike Doug,
>>he actually attended a seminary and was ordained)  for spiritual abuse of
>>church members.   Imagine  that.  just because Sproul likes his beer and 
>>cigars,
>>apparently misuses his church authority, and has confessed to tax fraud,
>>those darned uptight Presbyterians have defrocked him.  Doug Wilson has  
>>been
>>kissing up to R.C. Jr. for years and has moved rapidly to entice him into
>>Wilson's own self-started group of ecclesiastic pals, the Confederation of 
>>  Reformed
>>Evangelicals.  Not surprisingly, CRE members specialize  in overlooking
>>pastoral flaws probably because many of them learned  their theology at 
>>under
>>Doug's tutelage.  The website gives  special attention to Doug and Roy 
>>Atwood.
>>It's worth looking at - and  really, really, funny.  (Well funny to those 
>>of us
>>who haven't had to  endure the consequences of abusive religious 
>>egomaniacs run
>>amuck.)
>>
>>  _http://rc-sproul-jr.125mb.com/index.html_
>>(http://rc-sproul-jr.125mb.com/index.html)
>>
>>Rose  Huskey
>>
>>"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight  you, then
>>you win." Mahatma Gandhi
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