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Caliman73

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14. You can't learn the lessons of history when your history is actually mythology.

Thu Mar 10, 2022, 04:52 PM

Mar 2022

People have a tendency to externalize problems as "Something that happened long ago". We see that personally when someone commits some horrendous crime. That person is typically "othered" like, "Oh, that guy is CRAZY" or something to put that person outside the range of human behavior.

In stead of accepting that people have treated and still treat each other HORRIBLY and we need to find out why and address those factors that contribute to it, we "whistle past the graveyard" hoping that, I don't know... something changes how we act.

This is the reason why the whole "Critical Race Theory" is actually an important issue. If we are to progress as a nation we need to have a sober look at our history and how that history affects how we live today.

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What America did you grow up in? [View all] Caliman73 Mar 2022 OP

Thanks for posting this Doc Sportello Mar 2022 #1

I've seen those posts too. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 #2

This country has always been what it is. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #3

It wasn't the country I thought it was. Or hoped it would be. gibraltar72 Mar 2022 #4

I grew up in country where my father told me the nuns cracked... TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #5

Jim Crow in the south Dave in VA Mar 2022 #6

YEah Johnny2X2X Mar 2022 #7

Thanks to all who replied. Caliman73 Mar 2022 #8

When I was in first grade the teacher didn't want me to be left handed. Delmette2.0 Mar 2022 #9

The same one you did, mostly Spider Jerusalem Mar 2022 #10

Your last line summed it up perfectly. Boomerproud Mar 2022 #13

You can't learn the lessons of history when your history is actually mythology. Caliman73 Mar 2022 #14

The carefree America post-Vietnam but before Reagan Efilroft Sul Mar 2022 #11

Pictures of Washington and Lincoln were on the school-room walls sanatanadharma Mar 2022 #12

Thanks... Caliman73 Mar 2022 #15

The one where is was not acceptable for whites and "others" to socialize csziggy Mar 2022 #16

Glad you wrote this JustAnotherGen Mar 2022 #17

Sorry about your experience. Caliman73 Mar 2022 #20

I grew up in an America... WarGamer Mar 2022 #18

I grew up in inthewind21 Mar 2022 #19

When Hitler praises and copies your "racial laws" Caliman73 Mar 2022 #21