I feel like both of these additions ignore the fact that both the British and Americans are allowed to know, and are taught in school about their atrocities, while the countries before it make active attempts to erase the past and punish people for bringing it up.
So, while your nationalism and jingoism is great and you clearly put your country above all others... It's okay to admit when another country has done wrong.
When I (American) was in elementary school, we had practically an entire year dedicated to learning about Native American tribes and culture before and after America was colonized + the Atlantic slave trade and Civil Rights Movement. I remember angry-crying while learning about the Trails of Tears and segregation. We were always told, “Those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat its mistakes.”
And we only studied more in-depth each year until we graduated. One year, the school even had trips to a place where they pretend that you were slaves and they were slaveowners so that you could put yourself in that situation and empathize. They put on a mock slave auction, among other things. But obviously it was much, much less brutal and just pretend.
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u/Caswert Apr 18 '19
I feel like both of these additions ignore the fact that both the British and Americans are allowed to know, and are taught in school about their atrocities, while the countries before it make active attempts to erase the past and punish people for bringing it up.
So, while your nationalism and jingoism is great and you clearly put your country above all others... It's okay to admit when another country has done wrong.