Such ignorance is a beautiful thing to behold, isn’t? Such a testament to how effective the American educational system is at creating ignoramuses.
I am against targeted reparations especially as a growing part of the American nation is becoming poor. For one, it would pit those like me who wonder if this is the month that they get evicted, or like me have gone to bed so hungry that they have a problem going to sleep, against a group that will be perceived as being rewarded for their appearance rather than their character or even their present needs.
However, this grotesque lack of understanding of the past is unpleasant to note, and helps explain the continuing popularity of racism, but then groups like the Dunning School, the Daughters of the Confederacy, and even the Citizens Councils have worked really hard to successfully spread beautiful lies. And really, studying American history can be a gut punch, so I guess fantasies can be attractive. The near extermination of the natives, the centuries of enslavement and oppression of blacks, even the continuing existence of a large white underclass gives the lie to American exceptionalism and the American Dream.
