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I know we each have our own perspective. The text I was speaking of stated the facts. Further going into detail about several families that were affected by each event; giving first hand accounts when available. My perspective was it was justifiably negative about things like interment camps, Trail of Tears, biases against the Chinese, Irish, etc. Since I was nervous about homeschooling my children I purchased the exact same editions of their Science and History textbooks that they would have had in public school. I was very impressed with what I perceived as an honest unbiased account of events.
I was proud that we were able to look and speak honestly of the horrors in our history so that we may learn from those mistakes.
I am aware that the way things are now is not new. But I thought we were more educated, informed, and enlightened. I rationalized the poor decisions made by society as a whole as citizens only being informed what “they” wanted you to know. The internet gives you fountains of information, granted not all reliable but there are many more sides of the story available now.
I remember saying to my sons “Can you imagine what would happen if they tried to pull off those Congressional hearings on Communists in this day and age? What do you think would happen today?” We all agreed that there was no way that a person’s life could be ruined today by the government based solely on rumor or innuendo. Don’t I look like an idiot!
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I've been married for 24 years and have four wonderful children.
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