The Heritage Quotes

“The main reason I don’t like it is that the commodification of Memorial Day and events like NFL’s Salute to Service month . . . capitalizes on a new strain of ‘patriotism,’” Doolittle said. “In America today, we display patriotism through the lens of militarism and war and pass it off as support for the troops. It can smell a lot like nationalism. We’ll buy a hat with a camo logo of our favorite team and wear it proudly, a way to show support for our team and our armed forces. There’s more to patriotism than standing for the anthem and wearing red, white, and blue or camo-themed garb, but this new kind of American patriotism gets exploited in the name of capitalism, and days like Memorial Day lose some of their meaning.”
― Howard Bryant, The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism

“two dozen veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. “Far from disrespecting our troops, there is no finer form of appreciation for our sacrifice than for Americans to enthusiastically exercise their freedom of speech,” the group wrote. “Far too often, people of color are dying at the hands of law enforcement personnel in the streets, our jails, and their homes. Indictments are rare and convictions are essentially nonexistent.”
― Howard Bryant, The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism

“Protest didn’t ask permission.”
― Howard Bryant, The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism

“Protest can be organized through social media, but nothing is real that does not end in the streets. If tyrants feel no consequences for their actions in the three-dimensional world, nothing will change. —TIMOTHY SNYDER, On Tyranny”
― Howard Bryant, The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism