Is America’s past a tale of racism, sexism, and bigotry? Is it a story of the conquest and rape of a continent? Is the history of the United States the story of white slave owners who perverted the electoral process for their own interests? Did America start with Columbus killing all the Indians, leap to Jim Crow laws and Rockefeller crushing the workers, and then save itself with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal?
No!
But if you have ever been to a history class or read any mainstream history book like Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States you might think that the Founders as self-interested politicians and slave holders and of the icons of American industry robber baron oppressors.
I believe in an honest evaluation of our history and must in any spectrum view this country’s past a bright and shinning example of the city on the hill, the fountain of hope and the beacon of liberty. While I am not one to say “My country right or wrong”, I am not about to take up the banner “My country always wrong”.
I however do believe we have come to a crossroads, a very important time in history where if we are not careful, this country will fall.
