@elilla I don't know about the younger generations, but white kids who grew up in the 1900s were fed the line that, yes, the US WAS bad, and we're still dealing with the legacy of that, but we're getting better! We learn, we grow! We elected a black man as president, so that proves it! 🙃

No-one showed us how the US never stopped being awful. And if we caught a glimpse of it, it was easy to dismiss it as an aberration. A temporary blip on our path towards a More Perfect Union.