The Shame of History

How do you feel when you read about the 10-12 million African souls who were sold through the transatlantic slave trade? And what are your feelings on the 4,743 lynchings that took place in the United States between 1882 and 1968? What about the 3,000 Native Americans who died along the “Trail of Tears,” after being forcibly removed from their ancestral land? Depending on your heritage, perhaps you feel a twinge of what some call, “guilt.” I would like to suggest that, regardless of your heritag...