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Does every article about an event have to bring up the sordid history of the place it happens? Is Burning Man about the Mexican American War, massacred natives

Does every article about an event have to bring up the sordid history of the place it happens? Is Burning Man about the Mexican American War, massacred natives and Chinese railroad workers?

klyrs 3y ago
Fairgoers wear that "sordid history" on their sleeves, and keep it alive. Why not talk about that?
- panzagl 3y ago
  How so? Nothing in there program seemed racial or political.
  - acdanger 3y ago
    They do mention confederate flags on display, which is hard to imagine not being seen as political if not racial even in the South in 2023.
    - AaronM 3y ago
      They also mentioned playing the song Dixie during the nightly sing-along