{"id":15419,"date":"2021-02-13T09:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=15419"},"modified":"2021-02-10T10:32:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:32:47","slug":"black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=15419","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-attachment-id=\"15420\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=15420\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/B7078AC6-560C-4BEC-9671-83ACBB6A8CFF_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1561558560&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00090909090909091&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"B7078AC6-560C-4BEC-9671-83ACBB6A8CFF_1_105_c\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/B7078AC6-560C-4BEC-9671-83ACBB6A8CFF_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=700%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/B7078AC6-560C-4BEC-9671-83ACBB6A8CFF_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=700%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/B7078AC6-560C-4BEC-9671-83ACBB6A8CFF_1_105_c.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/B7078AC6-560C-4BEC-9671-83ACBB6A8CFF_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/B7078AC6-560C-4BEC-9671-83ACBB6A8CFF_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>At the time of the beginning of the American Republic no model of a genuinely biracial society existed anywhere in the world, nor had any existed in recorded history.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are doing a slow job of getting to a society where merit counts more than race or connections however progress is being made. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the time of the beginning of the American Republic no model of a genuinely biracial society existed anywhere in the world, nor had any existed in recorded history. 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