My ancestry contains enslaved Africans, indentured servant Irish and Native Americans. The history of this country isn't some dry, academic matter for me. It's

My ancestry contains enslaved Africans, indentured servant Irish and Native Americans. The history of this country isn't some dry, academic matter for me. It's how I came to exist. This country isn't perfect. This country has done some terrible things, especially to non-whites and Jews but that doesn't change any of my previous points.