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HM: Damn right! However there needs to balance, fine to teach kids about the horrors of slavery but equal time should be given to the greatness of our country, the significant progress that has been made, and to the opportunities that are available.
You can't teach history properly without pointing out how unusual and historical our written Constitution is, that it was a product of the age of reason, and that many of the concepts of freedoms were essentially new. The structure was similar to many of the State Governments and you should teach the controversies and compromises, as we still live with those today. Teaching a clear view of slavery is not pretty and cannot be made pretty. Live with that.
We won the War but lost the Reconstruction and to this day pay that.
