Those who seek to use history as a means of accusing figures and institutions of wrongdoing in the past, for which those in the present must endlessly atone, are wrongheaded.
Not only does their plight fan the bitter flames of contention and resentment, it also produces substandard history, which means substandard learning to take forward for better outcomes for all.
What we need for the benefit of all is objective history, not politically-charged accusatory history.
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