{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "The Scotsman asked what was up with \"African-American\" as distinct from incidentally African \"American\" and I was like, \"Ah, you...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/92622188878/", "html": "<p>The Scotsman asked what was up with &ldquo;African-American&rdquo; as distinct from incidentally African &ldquo;American&rdquo; and I was like, &ldquo;Ah, you want to understand race in America? First, you must learn everything.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>There are three classic topics in American history and they go</p>\n<p>1. Race, huh?</p>\n<p>2. Why no socialism?</p>\n<p>3. The frontier, huh?</p>\n<p>and basically the answer to any of those is the other two</p>"}