Those of us Europeans with long term roots in this continent, we have speckled history.
Really though, we have nothing to apologize for… We weren’t involved and for many, any familial benefits realized are long gone.
My own ancestors came off the Mayflower, and all but eradicated the Pequot tribe in Connecticut decades later.
The history is pretty ugly and for sure there was lots of hypocrisy, lies and theft.
No romanticizing my ancestral past… It’s not like I had anything to do with it and thankfully those people are dead and their wretched worldwiews went with them.
Goddamnit! Sorry my family got involved folks. (Bill Cody is a second cousin, thrice removed. Or he was the second cousin of my great grandmother)
Those of us Europeans with long term roots in this continent, we have speckled history.
Really though, we have nothing to apologize for… We weren’t involved and for many, any familial benefits realized are long gone.
My own ancestors came off the Mayflower, and all but eradicated the Pequot tribe in Connecticut decades later.
The history is pretty ugly and for sure there was lots of hypocrisy, lies and theft.
No romanticizing my ancestral past… It’s not like I had anything to do with it and thankfully those people are dead and their wretched worldwiews went with them.
Yaah, they were assholes. Sucks that it happened.