Quote:
Originally Posted by sealbeater
Personally, that is one of the books on the list I tell people everyone should read.
As for the whole being mindful of the times things, I disagree. Racism is racism, sexism is sexism, just because something was more open doesn't change its' nature. If it's wrong now, it was wrong then.
I do think history shouldn't be "whitewashed" as it were. If things happened, they happened. Let them stand.
|
I think your third paragraph agrees with what most everyone else is saying when they talk about being mindful of the times.