We have to address the gaps. We have to reckon with the gaps. Nostalgia is largely not an accurate reflection of history and is filled with multiple gaps. Only by addressing the gaps can we aspire to be the country that we were created to be and the country that we profess to be now.
slavery
Does racism still exist in America?
Let’s not push back by denying things but advance forward to the betterment of all. Let’s put others in front of ourselves. Let’s be heroes.
Freedom and children
We cannot just be content with removing barriers, but we must be constructing systems, capacity, and time for parents and communities to supply “good” that will lead to thriving children and families.
Learning from History?
We need to learn from the past and advance the causes of social good, avoid the pitfalls along the way, and condemn the actions that take us backward.
The gaps that should be filled
The gaps that we ignore in history only serve to perpetuate false nostalgia or continue a false narrative.
The gaps…oh, the gaps
The gaps that we ignore in history only serve to perpetuate false nostalgia or continue a false narrative. When doing so, we continue to deny what defines our history.