If a country of love, generosity and acceptance is something you wish to create….
It is imperative you learn not only about our strengths as a people
but that you also understand our hate.
Don’t let anyone erase or re-write our history…your history
don’t listen to an untrue, distorted point of view…
It is important that you realize not only all the good that we have done
but also…all the things our hate can do.
How hate can disguise itself as love…can even be sung as a religious chorus…
How hate attempted to wipe out the entire culture of the people who were on this land before us.
How our hate enslaved a people…allowed us to treat them like animals, rape their women and take their children away…
and ignore the fact they are still experiencing scars and pain today.
How at one time we thought of women as inferior….
"You had no rights!” the men would gloat…
How it wasn’t until 1920 they were allowed to vote.
How our hate allows us to see a man who likes to dress up as a woman….
or a person who is a lesbian or queer…
then tell the world these loving people…are people to be feared
You will find people who will ban books and try to promote their view of history….
who think only the highlights of our past are all that you should see.
Read the banned books!…
Seek out the true history!…yes, be a history sleuth….
In the words of Ida B. Wells:
The only way to right our wrongs…is through the light of truth.
So we look to you our future generations……do not be afraid…
to take a good look at our history…and correct the mistakes we’ve made…
To confront then eliminate the hate that throughout our history has swirled…
and help America become what it has always hoped it would be…
the greatest country the world.
Love,
The past generations
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