They tell me about Christopher Columbus as he happened to find America and claim it as his greatest discovery, but speak little of how he helped to brake down and cripple the indians and leave them with no hope of recovery.
I've heard all about the wars that were fought for freedom and those in it who were honored for their bravery, but I never understood how we can fight for freedom off our land when on our land we allow slavery.
I've read about the great depression and how the people of those times managed to adapt and overcome, but did you know that after that depression ended the greatest depression continued for some?
I've listend to the words of the songs as people sing of this"sweet land of liberty" with its for spacious skies, but do they know they can't sing loud enough to drown out the sound of americas sons and daughters cries?
Lady America didn't turn out to be the place that everyone thought it would and people seem to find that a mystery, but the true reasons why are already known and written it's just taught to us under the title of
AMERICAN HISTORY.
