When Slavery Is Erased From Plantations

From the article:
https://youtu.be/q12ro2xvawQ
https://www.montpelier.org/visit/mere-distinction

It is sad that some people have still not learned the lesson of proper historical research that (Dr.) Henry Louis Gates Jr. painfully learned to finally admit and in doing so was criticized and ostracized by many of his 'peers.' "But we need to get some distance from the binary opposition we were raised in: evil white people and good black people. The world just isn't like that."

The author of this 'hit piece' leaves this until the end - "The summit’s forthcoming “Teaching Slavery” rubric was motivated by a belief that “truthful history can influence a larger public toward reconciliation.” We concluded that the story of slavery and its legacies is best told through historical research, honest interpretation, and relationship building with descendant communities. Creating partnerships with the progeny of enslaved people and recognizing them as stakeholders can only improve an institution’s ability to tell the true story of this nation’s founding. But talking to these families is not enough. It is undermining to incorporate their voices if slavery is still kept at the margins at these sites. The nation’s sordid past must be examined in its entirety in the mansions, cabins, kitchens, basements, fields, and graveyards alike."

Long past due for honest discourse.