“What does Patriotism mean to you?” A loaded question, posed by a philosophy professor to a 100-level ethics class largely comprised of freshman. The kind of statement, realized in adulthood, designed to prompt enough debate that a college educator could take a time out, regroup, and phone in an easy day. It was one of my first, most-vivid memories of arriving in this country.
“Loving your country and supporting it, no matter what” a young business student replied, with a confidence that channeled the sensible, white-collar haircut he received from an old-school, white, North Carolina barbershop — one he’d likely been going to with his father for years. The professor
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