South Africa instituted a Truth and Reconciliation commission to deal with the divide in the nation. Canada instituted a Truth and Reconciliation commission to deal with the legacy of the Indian residential school system.
A Truth and Reconciliation commission would never work in the US. First no one wants to acknowledge the truth. They want to cling to the myth that slavery wasn’t that bad. That indigenous people benefitted by having their homelands stolen. That all of the injustices visited upon other people were indeed a result of manifest destiny. That the real problem is real history and the dreaded Critical Race Theory.
Secondly in their mind Reconciliation isn’t necessary because they did nothing wrong. If you don’t buy that one the next fallback is that their ancestors did it and they bear no responsibility for their ancestors. Nope Reconciliation isn’t an option because look at the lives that black people and indigenous people have now. Aren’t they better off because of the white man? If we didn’t know better we might be lulled into believing that their the real victims, they certainly think so.
Truth and Reconciliation have about as much chance of succeeding in the US as a snowball in hell.
Think!!
EYES WIDE 👀 👁 OPEN!!!