Originally Posted by
CousinEddie
Teach our children that this country is a deeply flawed, terrible and shameful nation. And go from there. Is that what we should be doing?
Perhaps you should read what I said. Should the Germans ignore the whole "Nazi" part of their history, or acknowledge and grow from it? Do you feel that we can learn and grow from ignoring our history?
Originally Posted by
ThumbsUp
Not to diminish what you said, but your generational gaps must be huge. I'm not a young guy and my great-grandparents were born in the 20th century.
You are correct, I missed a generation. My mistake. My grandmother was born in 1926. Thankfully, she is still with us and in her right mind. She talks of conversations with her father-in-law's father - so it would be my Great- great grandfather. It is still crazy to think that in 2021, my 5 year old daughter can hear a literal second hand account from that time.
Originally Posted by
Airhoss
Are you referring to monetary reparations? Because I don’t meet people who just blow off the history of slavery.
I am not referring to monetary reparations at all. Just, attitudes. For example- the sigh and eye roll given by a co-worker once, in a bar, when a commercial came on regarding the movie "Roots." I asked if he didn't like the movie, and was shocked at the response I got. The mentality actually reminds me of CousinEddie's comment, up there.