the mistakes from the past were many and terrible, and they should all be learned from, but also known that they are mistakes and the only way to push past them is to forgive and move on. if you spend your entire life bitter against white men for things that happened way before you were born isnt that in itself being racist. every race has done horrible things in its past but as long as bitterness still exists, we will never grow towards a unified future. slavery was horrible yes, but throughout history there have been slaves of every single race. in the past many conquering armies enslaved the citizens of whatever country they conquered.
i think what needs to happen is the teaching of history that is done in school needs to be drastically changed to show the truth of the world. like for example in elementary school we are tought that christopher columbus was a hero who discovered america, and the guy has his own holiday, but in reality he was a conqueror who is responsible for more deaths than hitler. he butchered millions of native americans all in the name of expanding spains territory. throughout the settling of the americas the estimated population dropped from over 150 million during the 1400s to less than 2 million by the 1800s, but they dont tell you that in most history classes.
