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Thanksgiving: A Museum of Historical Revision
The blog post, excerpts from "Thanksgiving: A Museum of Revision," offers a scathing critique of the historical and cultural underpinnings of the American Thanksgiving holiday. The author asserts that the popular narrative of Pilgrim-Indigenous harmony is a dangerous national mythology, arguing that the European settlers repaid the original inhabitants with genocide and systematic oppression. To mitigate this historical hypocrisy, the author suggests that society should abandon the performative connexion to these indigenous peoples and focus instead on recognising the country's origins in…
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