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I read the article about the cow. Thank you Professor Loury for challenging the concept of “Systemic Racism”. Institutions need to distinguish between two categories of history-telling; (A): Information stories, (B): Propaganda stories.

In A, one tries to place all relevant information in a bucket and then reports about what is in the bucket. While not perfect and subject to human bias, the intent is to account for all information.

In B, one cherry-picks in each sentence while also hiding some truth from the same sentence. The intent is dishonest and manipulative, with a politicized objective.

Truth in advertising ethic requires that organizations and institutions accurately present themselves to actual and potential participants as telling “information stories” vs. “propaganda stories”. Propaganda stories do not meet requirements for use in municipal, state or federal government.

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