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Natural human behavior to seek revenge/justice for past events, regardless if it makes your "side" net worse off.

• pj_mukh 10y ago
  Well, you don't get to define what's "worse-off" for another culture. And should that give us pause about current policies that may cause the same behaviour later on?
• pj_mukh 10y ago
  My eyes were opened to this when I was able to have an honest and open conversation with an African-American friend (I'm not American and never understood the history), and he described the level of victimisation that is passed on from generation to generation after traumatic events that span multiple generations. There is a deep wound in American history that is unique to the African-American experience. Museums like this try to capture some of it. But really, America should be looking to Truth and Reconciliation commission type of platforms that has worked in other places. Finish what was started in the Reconstruction-era, or continue to suffer from this wound.
• michaelbuddy 10y ago
  And yet when questioned about crimes they commit, criminals provide testimony by and large that has nothing to do with what you are saying. We have a lot of testimony from criminals. Your excuse is not their excuse. Which means you are inventing a victimhood narrative. This harms black communities.