History: Sins of the Father
The generation introspection we are experiencing in the United States and worldwide has reached a fever pitch. We’re changing the names of high school mascots, buildings on college campuses and even subdivisions. We are looking at what we once took for granted, the institutions we erected around us. Mountains, monuments and memories are being purged of the past. Ulysses S. Grant, Christopher Columbus, and Thomas Jefferson statues and a bevvy of Civil War figures have fallen. A statue of Abraham Lincoln erected by freed slaves is being threatened. Splash Mountain in Disneyland is being remade because of its 1942 Song of the South theme. Meanwhile, a statue of Lenin still stands in Seattle. It’s a sifting of the past, wiping away any veneration of flawed leaders or unenlightened thinking. We’re rethinking how we talk, how we do business and how we interact with each other. Some of these changes are formulated out of thoughtful introspection and dialogue. Others are simply mob justice,