I’d even add that if we fail to know our own history someone else will write it for us. It’s why we still battle the idea that American policing originated with slave catching, which is spectacularly inaccurate
Great article Roland, In order for us to learn from our past we must be able to to discuss and evaluate what didn't work in the past and own it. It's a fundamental character flaw in this thing of ours, an inability to take responsibility when we get it wrong.
I’d even add that if we fail to know our own history someone else will write it for us. It’s why we still battle the idea that American policing originated with slave catching, which is spectacularly inaccurate
Great article Roland, In order for us to learn from our past we must be able to to discuss and evaluate what didn't work in the past and own it. It's a fundamental character flaw in this thing of ours, an inability to take responsibility when we get it wrong.