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I wrote a letter to the editor a year ago titled, “Reflection on the Fourth.” In that letter, I encouraged others to join me in learning about a lesser acknowledged facet of our nation: systematic oppression. It s something of a national trait to acknowledge only that which flatters us; it s a trait that seems to stretch far back into our history. In a speech delivered in 1852, Frederick Douglass stated that “Americans are remarkably familiar with all facts which make in their own favor. This is esteemed by some as a national trait—perhaps a national weakness.” Douglass had been invited to speak to a white audience in Rochester, NY to deliver a 4th of July oration. Employing his great command of language, Douglass began by espousing the founding of the nation and extolling our founding fathers: “With a sublime faith in the great principles of justice and freedom, [the founders] lay deep, the corner-stone of the national super-structure, which has risen

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