Where were you during the 1967 Detroit Riot?

[RickBeall]

English wrote:
>>This racialized acrimony in Detroit almost reminds me of how fresh the Civil War still is in parts of the South, .... persistent bitterness. What will it take to let this feud go?

That is an interesting analogy English. Traveling through the South as a kid, I noticed you could buy a Civil War hats and swords everywhere. But in the North there was nothing. I always thought this was because the losing side has a hard time forgetting about a war because they lost. The winning side is vindicated and can move on. Maybe, in Detroit, no one can forget the riot because no one won.

[English]

That is an interesting analogy English. Traveling through the South as a kid, I noticed you could buy a Civil War hats and swords everywhere. But in the North there was nothing. I always thought this was because the losing side has a hard time forgetting about a war because they lost. The winning side is vindicated and can move on. Maybe, in Detroit, no one can forget the riot because no one won.

Very well put.

And Susan, I'm definitely going to add your novel to my book collection. Can't wait to read it.

[Kathleen]

Another novel that is set in Detroit during the late 1960s and has scenes of the Detroit riot is Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Pulitzer Prize winner!

FYI...Susan's novel Grand River and Joy was picked by the U-M Honors Program for their 2010 Honors First-Year Book:
http://www.ii.umich.edu/umich/v/inde...004701010aRCRD