#and like half the student body including basically every minority and international student union

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nah instagram keeps recommending an acct to me whose entire shtick is that our very catholic college is not catholic enough, with such delightful posts as "genuinely comparing being pro choice to racism" and "the secularists are trying to destroy religion on campus by cancelling a guest speaker"

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Me and stephanie dancing up Christian

"ROB SIMS presents KellyMBentley.Com in 2008! "

Female 26 years old ATLANTA, Georgia United States

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I love models and everything to do with the glamour industry. I am seriously into photography. I love to dance and I am currently learning to sing. I am crazy in love with my American Pitt Bull Terrier "Layla" and I love spending time with her playing freesbee with her and my loving fiance Django. I love fast cars preferrably American Muscle. My favorite would be a Trans Am. Long live Cassondra

Music I love all types of music, but my favorite is Classic Rock including the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Doors, Def Lepard, AC/DC, Primus, Nine Inch Nail all kinds of artists. I love dancing to hip-hop, but I really don’t have any favorites.

Movies I love chic flicks and cartoons. I’ve never really been a fan of horror flicks. My favs include Notebook, Ratatouille, Sweet Home Alabama, Youve Got Mail…you get where this is going.

Television I love reality shows. I was on the Coyote Ugly Reality Show but I hated it. My favorites shows include Pussycat dolls, ANTM, Ghost Hunters, Dirty Jobs, Rock of Love, Make me a Supermodel….well all of them except American Idol…hate that shit!!

Books I dont read anything but war books and Cosmopolitian magazine. Oh yea and the Bible of course. Heroes All of our American Military men and women especially those close to me….Andrew Goldman, Jason Edmondson, Chris Willis, and my sweet uncle Kurt. Love and appreciate you guys. If you have a friend or relative serving I send me their name and I will post it here to show my appreciation.

The Kelly M. Bentley ‘s Details

Status: In a Relationship Here for: Networking, Friends Orientation: Straight Hometown: Alabama Body type: Slim / Slender Ethnicity: White / Caucasian Zodiac Sign: Libra Smoke / Drink: No / No Education: College graduate Occupation: Model

The Kelly M. Bentley ‘s Schools Southern Union State Community College Wadley, AL Graduated: 2002 Student status: Alumni Degree: Associate’s Degree Major: Computer Science

2000 to 2002

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The Kelly M. Bentley ‘s Blurbs About me: Its hard to describe myself because I am constantly changing. So to start, above all else, I am a bad ass bartender. I bartend at OPERA Nightclub here in Atlanta, Geogia. Its the biggest and hottest club in Atlanta. I also bartend at the Irish Bred Carrollton where I can fulfill my bar dancing passion to AC/DC, Buckcherry (Crazy biotch!), and Def Lepard. I love serving up cocktails with a little sassy shake some come by either place and check me out!!

Second, I am a model and one of the hottest female entrepreneurs on this planet. In modeling, I specialize in glamour, fitness, and promotional modeling. I always have something going on somewhere. I’m partnering up with NOPI as a NOPI CHIC for 2008. I love doing charity work so keep updated on my events and help us out. As an entrepreneur, I own half of a calendar production company with JM Polsfuss that is responsible for the hottest calendar coming out in 2009 Construction Cuties. Watch for it!! I also just teamed up with get this…yes…The Rob Sims….which we will have my website launched by the end of Spring to help heat up the summer for you. Also watch for all the magazine covers, layouts, spreads, etc. coming soon…I told you guys I’ll be taking over the WORLD!! Lastly, I am a regular girl that had a dream and am still forcing it to come true come hell or high water. I’m from a small town, but I’m working hard to fulfill my big city dreams as well as those of other girls who want to be models with MODELICIOUS. So if you want to try modeling, don’t listen to people when they tell you that you cant do it, they said I couldn’t, and I look at me…so don’t listen, contact me and lets see what we can do. I DONT DO ANYTHING FOR FREE….so don’t ask. I have a small network of professional models I use and promote because they have become friends. Don’t ask for my contacts, because I work hard in promoting and networking myself so why should I just hand over my hard work to you. If you want my network, you pay for my network.

THINGS YOU WOULDN’T GUESS ABOUT ME: No one would ever guess that I used to be in the Army National Guard. I used to be on Active Reserve as the RA for SFC Robert Cornett. I got out in 2005. I also used to wiegh 170 lbs. I gained a huge amount of weight when I quit drinking and smoking. Yea a lot of you thought it would never happen. I quit cold turkey and the turkey went to my ass. I lost 50 lbs. on the Subway diet. I was recently on the Coyote Ugly Reality Show on CMT and hated every minute. I also have a degree in Political Science and Computer Science with a minor in Military Science. Just some cool quirks about me. TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF – The Survey Name: Kelly M Bentley Birthday: October 7th Birthplace: Anniston, Alabama Current Location: Atlanta, Georgia Eye Color: Green Hair Color: Blonde/Brunette..hell I don’t know Height: 5’5" if I’d stand up straight Right Handed or Left Handed: Right Your Heritage: Irish/German &..39;The Shoes You Wore Today:’ My beloved flip flops Your Weakness: Your Fears: airplanes, elevators, and scurrying vermon Your Perfect Pizza: cheese/pepperoni without any sauce Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Be at 8% Body Fat by the end of the year Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: I dont even know how to set that shit up… Thoughts First Waking Up: What in the hell are the Backyardigans? Your Best Physical Feature: My big ghetto booty Your Bedtime: When ever my mind decides to quit thinking Your Most Missed Memory: No clue..too much memory lost Pepsi or Coke: Caffeine free coke MacDonalds or Burger King: both are some nasty shit…I dont put it in my body! Single or Group Dates: Cant remember my last date… Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: I don’t drink any tea Chocolate or Vanilla: Just hand over the chocolate and no one gets hurt Cappuccino or Coffee: Caffeine free Coffee Do you Smoke: hell no Do you Swear: I swear I cuss too much Do you Sing: Did you catch my show? Think I’ll stick to the shower. Do you Shower Daily: more than once Have you Been in Love: Only twice for sure Do you want to go to College: Been there done that Do you want to get Married: Umm….when I’m too old to know better Do you belive in yourself: more than anyother person besides Roy Do you get Motion Sickness: Do you think you are Attractive: No but others tend to disagree Are you a Health Freak: Absolutely Do you get along with your Parents: depends on the day of the week Do you like Thunderstorms: love them Do you play an Instrument: In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: don’t drink alcohol In the past month have you Smoked: I quit when I was 20 In the past month have you been on Drugs: hell no drugs are for weak people In the past month have you gone on a Date: I havent gone on a date in the past few years In the past month have you gone to a Mall: No..I hate the mall..I’m in need of another personal shopper In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: yea right…my trainer would shoot me In the past month have you eaten Sushi: I don’t eat fish In the past month have you been on Stage: too many times In the past month have you been Dumped: No In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: I wish In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No but someone stole two of my damned portfolios Ever been Drunk: Plastered on many occassions Ever been called a Tease: What girl hasnt Ever been Beaten up: No but I got launched off some steps one time Ever Shoplifted: no I only steal hearts How do you want to Die: at 200mph on the Autobahn What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I’m doing it but not grown up yet What country would you most like to Visit: Ireland In a Boy/Girl.. Favourite Eye Color: Any that don’t lie Favourite Hair Color: any that I can run my fingers through Short or Long Hair: either Height: all heights Weight: weight doesn’t matter Best Clothing Style: clothes dont make the man Number of Drugs I have taken: Don’t do drugs Number of CDs I own: not too many Number of Piercings: ears and belly button Number of Tattoos: 1 Number of things in my Past I Regret: only 1…if you know me you know what it is

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THE MEANING OF “UNUM,” Part III

The last two postings presented the essence of Arthur M. Schlesinger’s argument[1] bolstering an assimilationist approach to immigration policy. This was described in counter position to a multiculturalist approach, especially as expressed by critical theorists. According to that historian, the multicultural position would have immigrants rejecting the central American culture – one which is based on Western cultural tradition – and be able to maintain their various cultural modes of behavior and belief structures in defining their social and private affairs.

Schlesinger sees this as depriving the nation of a central cultural base which if maintained would serve to functionally establish basic expectations in social intercourse.  Rounding his argument, he reviews a list of attributes an alignment to a single, Western culturally based tradition should have.

First, that tradition is/will not be a solidified orthodoxy but more of a cultural process by which the effects of incoming traditions of current and future immigrants are incorporated into the dominant way of life. “It is an ever-evolving philosophy, fulfilling its ideals through debate, self-criticism, protest, disrespect, and irreverence; a tradition in which all have right of heterodoxy and opportunities for self-assertion.”[2]

Second, to acknowledge the essentially European origins of the American culture as, one, a historical fact, and, two, an origin that allows – Schlesinger seems to say invites – for the acceptance and accommodation of various cultural traditions.  It does not disdain other traditions but allows for evolving views – a one step at a time – of acceptance and selected adaptation of beliefs, values, attitudes, and styles from non-European traditions.

Third, a cultural commitment not based on the notion that it is better for all humans, but better for the American people.  It is history that has given this nation this tradition and that does not just mean an accidental fact, but a fact that has a complicated, extensive, and thorough defining effect on the American people.  In short, it provides the nation its identity.

Fourth, a central commitment to a political culture that is not based on group rights, as multicultural arguments seem to bolster, but based on a foundational commitment to protect and advance individual integrity through a respect for individual rights as defined by the Bill of Rights, the rule of law, and democratic processes.  This is further advanced by a cultural disposition toward communal arrangements of social settings, from families to national and international associations.

And fifth, that cultural tradition provides reasonable expectations that in terms of any multilayered reality – which includes any reality of any consequence – allows for necessary efficiencies.  For example, as William K. Tabb points out, economic health depends on economic actors having some level of a predictive ability and be able to share general views about how the economy functionally works.[3]

All this poses a challenge for the nation to hit upon the optimal compromise between the nationalist bias toward exclusion of non-Western influences and the multiculturalist bias toward prohibiting efforts at enculturating the nation’s population to Western based cultural norms and standards.  This compromise needs happen to maintain and strengthen a true republic.

Our task is to combine due appreciation of the splendid diversity of the nation with due emphasis on the great unifying Western ideas of individual freedom, political democracy, and human rights.  These are the ideas that define American nationality – and today empower people of all continents, races, and creeds.[4]

And another quote; this one from an account of Abraham Lincoln’s last journey – his body being transported back to Springfield, Illinois – by the historian, Ted Widmer,

[The American people] trusted Lincoln’s vision of an America that aspired to keep the promises of the Declaration of Independence.  Even if they had lost him, they knew that “the Union is not assassinated,” as Whitman put it.  They were not naïve; they knew that the Declaration set a difficult standard, one that they would often fail to reach.  But to pretend it did not exist was to slowly become a different kind of country, with no moral standard at all.[5]

And that Declaration was a product of a long development of the Western tradition.

         This writer has indicated in prior postings that he accepts the basis of Schlesinger’s argument but takes issues with its finer points.  The argument rightly points out the dysfunctionality of a nation with disparate cultural traditions – beyond that of what Canada has with its dual cultural base between its British and French traditions – made up of cultural elements from around the world.  But this blogger feels he soft-peddles the lack of effort Americans have made to live up to its federalist values.

         The Widmer quote above mentions the difficult standard the Declaration sets for the American people, but how divergent does the record have to be before one just considers that proclaimed set of values as just a pile of words?  In a current issue of The Atlantic, Ed Young[6] points out how the current pandemic has laid bare the inequalities that exist.

And much of that inequality, in terms of occurrence, can be superimposed on the racial and ethnic divisions of the nation. Yes, poverty is the culprit but if that poverty aligns inordinately along racial and ethnic lines, then one can readily see the implied inequality reflecting a less than enculturated commitment to the nation’s own stated principles and values.  Young writes,  

Latinos were three times as likely to be infected as white people. Asian Americans faced racist abuse. Far from being a “great equalizer,” the pandemic fell unevenly upon the U.S., taking advantage of injustices that had been brewing throughout the nation’s history. …

Of the 3.1 million Americans who cannot afford health insurance, more than half are people of color, and 30 percent are Black.  This is no accident.  In the decades after the Civil War, the white leaders of former slave states deliberately withheld care from Black Americans, apportioning medicine more according to the logic of Jim Crow than Hippocrates.  They built hospitals away from Black communities, segregated Black patients into separate wings, and blocked Black students from medical school.  In the 20th century, they helped construct America’s system of private, employer-based insurance, which has kept many Black people from receiving adequate medical treatment …

A number of former slave states also have among the lowest investment in public health, the lowest quality of medical care, the highest proportion of Black citizens, and the greatest racial divides in health outcomes. …

As of the early July, one in every 1,450 Black Americans had died from COVID-19 – a rate more than twice that of white Americans.[7]

Young goes on to point out a set of data points that adequately support the claim that minorities are not treated as white Americans when it comes to health care.

One can easily draw the conclusion that Americans are not meeting the “difficult standard” the Declaration of Independence stakes out.  That is, any meaningful definition of “Unum” demands more.

[1] Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., The Disuniting of America:  Reflections on a Multicultural Society (New York, NY:  W. W. Norton and Company, 1992).

[2] Ibid., 136.

[3] William K. Tabb, The Restructuring of Capitalism in Our Time (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2012).

[4] Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., The Disuniting of America, 138.

[5] Ted Widmer, Lincoln on the Verge:  Thirteen Days to Washington (New York, NY:  Simon and Schuster, 2020), 461.

[6] Ed Young, “How the Pandemic Defeated America,” The Atlantic (September 2020).

[7] Ibid., accessed August 4, 2020, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/ .