HeyJaredSouthbound
A 10th-generation Southerner exploring overlooked stories of the South and wrestling with how they affect us today.
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Human Dignity beyond Productivity (opens the original)
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Dear Southbound readers,You may have noticed that Southbound has been quiet for the last year, other than my 4th of July reflection on Charleston’s McLeod Oak, That’s about to change, thanks in part to a sabbatical this summer from my day job that allowed me margin to write.I’ve been digging back into the series I began three years ago on Jim Crow-era healthcare and
Independence Day Lessons from the McLeod Oak (opens the original)
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I want to be excited about the United States’ 250th anniversary. I love my country. Instead, mixed feelings have churned through my mind.I’m grateful that the Declaration of Independence set off a revolution in self-government that became a model for the world, but I’m nauseated by President Trump’s co-opting of the Washington, D.C. celebration to make it about himself. I love the diverse landscapes of our nation from coast to coast and beyond, but I lament the pain inflicted on indigenous and b
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