by Nick Mullins, from Thoughts of a Coal Miner
In his article, former coal miner, lecturer, and writer Nick Mullins offers his unique perspective on the rise of racial inequality in coal country.
And he draws an unexpected conclusion.
Civil Rights and the All Mighty Economy
When I attended Clintwood High School throughout the mid-90s, there was an amazing lack of ethnic diversity. Our school was 99.8% white.
It goes without saying that we had a very limited understanding of diversity. What little we did know came in the form of 80’s and 90’s whitewashed television programming pulled in with our 10-foot diameter c-band satellite dishes perched on the hillside.
