(December 4, 2021 at 8:26 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(December 4, 2021 at 7:42 pm)T.J. Wrote: When I mention sins I'm talking about the fact that hundreds of years ago the people who came to this country slaughtered the people who were here first and took their land. Later they enslaved the blacks, treated women like property and wouldn't even allow them to vote until as soon as 1920. Sending the Japanese people into camps after the attack at Pearl Harbor. And I'm sure the list just gets bigger and bigger.
Is there anyway for America to truly confront its past and change for the better or is it just too great a wound to heal?
Discuss.
I don't think that the leftist faculty at UC Berkeley is as radical as your post implies that you are.
United States history has to be seen in the context of World history; prior to 1960, nearly everyone was an asshole.
I'm not sure that "nearly" applies.
I will say that as a late arrival to the US (my forbears migrated to the US from Canada in the early 1900s, and they migrated to Canada in the 1880s from France, or just generally northern and western Europe), I have no stake in the slavery issue in terms of guilt.EVERY country is guilty of something, so maybe just call all that shit quits, but start treating more people more fairly?
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
