Why do we have a museum dedicated to the Holocaust in D.C. and not to the genocide in our own country? The Native American Museum doesn't count!
The answer is relatively simple: The US was built on genocide. Genocide and oppression have made us great. We kind of don't really like acknowledging that fact b/c well it's a little depressing and far from glamorous.
I now dangle to the left....my tassle. Get your minds out of the gutter.
"Martin was not an optimist; he was a prisoner of hope." Optimism is about assuming there's evidence that justifies your outlook while hope is about creating the evidence and procuring your own happiness or vision of the world. - Professor West