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A comment on America’s Shameful Human Rights Record (2012). Parent comment

Re:America’s Shameful Human Rights Record (2012) by leot on Monday June 24, 2013 @04:04PM (#5935311)
In school, Germans are taken on field trips to the concentration and death camps that their countrymen set up. As a consequence, Germans are acutely aware of the horribleness of their heritage.

Do you believe Americans, as a group, are similarly educated or aware?

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Re:America’s Shameful Human Rights Record (2012) by rdouble on Monday June 24, 2013 @05:23PM (#5935771)
Yeah, there's all sorts of reminders of civil rights abuses in secondary school history classes. That said, American culture isn't as heavy on shame as German culture is. It's presented more like, here's some crappy stuff that happened in the past, isn't it great you live in the present?
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Re:America’s Shameful Human Rights Record (2012) by mickeyr on Monday June 24, 2013 @05:16PM (#5935741)
My classes were taken to plantations for field trips. Are germans also taught about the Herero & Namaqua genocide? If not, should we start holding that against them as well?
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