AMERICAN AMNESIA

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Before BP there was Bhopal. But coverage of the Gulf oil spill rarely references industrial disasters like the Union Carbide gas leak in 1984 or the Chevron oil leaks in Ecuador. Renowned essayist Richard Rodriguez ascribes that to America's historical amnesia. Rodriguez in conversation with New America Now radio host Sandip Roy about oil spills, history and the all South Asian spelling bee.

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