The generation introspection we are experiencing in the United States \u2014 and around the world \u2014 has reached a fever pitch.\u00a0 We\u2019re changing the names of high school mascots<\/a>, buildings on college campuses<\/a> and even subdivisions<\/a>. We are looking at the things we once took for granted, the institutions that we have erected around us. Mountains, monuments and memories are being are being purged of the past.<\/p>\n Statues of the Ulysses S. Grant,<\/a> Christopher Columbus<\/a>, Thomas Jefferson<\/a> have fallen, as well as a bevy of Civil War<\/a> figures. A statue of Abraham Lincoln<\/a> erected by freed slaves is\u00a0 being threatened. Splash Mountain<\/a> in Disneyland is being remade because of its 1942 Song of the South<\/a> theme. \u00a0Meanwhile, \u00a0a statue of Lenin still stands in Seattle.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a sifting of the past, wiping away any veneration of flawed leaders or unenlightened thinking. We\u2019re rethinking how we talk, how we do business and how we interact with each other.<\/p>\n Some of these changes are formulated out of thoughtful introspection and dialogue. Others are simply mob justice, vengeance against a system for perceived wrongs.<\/p>\n Not all of this is bad, but certainly, not all of it is good. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n