We Must Come To Terms With the Lies We're Taught About America
Originally published on Medium in 2022.“You’ll understand when you’re older.”I used to hate it when adults told me that. I used to get it a lot because I’m naturally inclined to question things and I grew up in a backwards, rural Wisconsin town that was inclined to white supremacy.“Why can’t you explain it to me now?”When I asked that, authority figures would just smile at me condescendingly and refuse to acknowledge any more questions or recognize the blatant contradictions in their philosophy.I am older now, and what I’ve come to understand is that none of it can be understood. When adults…
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