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 (DIR) Post #AVJaBQBti5cWXLV5e4 by unearth@kolektiva.social
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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
       
 (DIR) Post #AVJaBQL79ozczvoS0m by HistoPol@mastodon.social
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       1/7*Are the #US on a road to a #NewCivilWar or to a resolution of #SystemicRacism?*Truthful history education in the #US would be quintessential, yes, but very hard, because 👉the US are built as a #SlaverNation right from the start👈, as film maker #MatthewCooke brilliantly argues in the episode "Slaver Nation" of his #podcast, #AmericanOriginStories:#Slavery' s been an integral part since its founding, woven into the very fabric of  all #US nation-building for centuries, not just the, say..