"What is at stake here, it seems to me, are two views of American history. The first--which has become more and more fashionable over the last half century--holds that American history has been hopelessly blighted by racism since colonial times, and that attempts to expunge the legacy of racism must take precedence over every other priority in our national life, and determine our attitudes towards the past. But a second view emphasizes the contradictions in American history and sees our past and our present as one long attempt to overcome them. "
Of course, there are other views.......
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