Today was the first meeting for Violence in America. Many topics were discussed in class but the one stood out to me was one about how the United States was founded on the principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. America was founded on these principles after the 13 colonies felt they were being treated unfairly by the British. However, they inturn did the same injustice to slaves. David Walker talked about how after getting their freedom, the colonists did exactly what the British did, only worse. As one student in class put it, the time and place has changed, but the root of the problem is still there.
Another interesting fact I learned was that many influentual people in the United States were very pro-Nazi. I had never heard of the Bush family being associated with that or how they tried to help fund camps in Germany. I've never been a fan of the Bush family but to now know that George W. Bush's grandfather has a FBI/CIA file linking them to Nazi just shows a whole new side to the Bush family I'd never seen before.
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