It’s not only a problem in the US of A but also around the world. Here parents don’t know how to explain slavery to their children so the result is they are banning books that even mention it. Yes, that will solve the problem of talking to our children about a dark period in our history when our ancestors owned other human beings. Now there is news that parents in Germany want to have a daycare center renamed so they won’t have to try to explain to their children who Ann Frank was and what their ancestors did to the Jews in during World War II. Not only Germany, we see Israel attempting to eliminate the Palestinians so that they won’t have to explain to their children how their ancestors forcibly removed Palestinians from their land in order to expand their territory. We should be uncomfortable with our history as should Germany and Israel.
Facts matter. Truth matters. Both seem to be in short supply in today’s geopolitical environment where we want to avoid facts that make us uncomfortable.
Richard Bennink -- Random Reflections 