In Germany, teaching the Holocaust is mandatory.

It includes visits to concentration camp, museums, etc. They don't shy away from their own ugly history. Yet the kids aren't damaged; they're strengthened, matured, humbled. The U.S. needs to do same with slavery.

Not that complicated.

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@unearth and the genocide of Native Americans… I remember doing visits to the local Chumash museum but they didn’t cover much about how their land was taken