unearth ,
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In Germany, teaching the Holocaust is mandatory.

It includes visits to concentration camp, museums, etc. They don't shy away from their own ugly history. Yet the kids aren't damaged; they're strengthened, matured, humbled. The U.S. needs to do same with slavery.

Not that complicated.

#history #books #education #politics #democrats

HistoPol ,
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Are the on a road to a or to a resolution of ?

Truthful history education in the would be quintessential, yes, but very hard, because the US are built as a right from the start, as film maker brilliantly argues in the episode "Slaver Nation" of his , :

' s been an integral part since its founding, woven into the very fabric of all nation-building for centuries, not just the, say..

Book cover in black and white, devided by a vertical rupture in the middle, the left being black on white, the right being white on black. Caption: "The Next Civil War Dispatches from the American Future By Stephen Marche About The Book “Should be required reading for anyone interested in preserving our 246-year experiment in self-government.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Well researched and eloquently presented.” —The Atlantic * “Delivers Cormac McCarthy-worthy drama; while the nonfictional asides imbue that drama with the authority of documentary.” —The New York Times Book Review A celebrated journalist takes a fiercely divided America and imagines five chilling scenarios that lead to its collapse, based on in-depth interviews with experts of all kinds. The United States is coming to an end. The only question is how." Source: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Next-Civil-War/Stephen-Marche/9781982123222
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