https:\/\/twitter.com\/thekohler\/status\/1207176781364633600?s=20<\/a><\/p>\nThe fact that Turkey\u2019s president would see recognizing the Native American genocide\u00a0for what it was\u00a0<\/em>as some sort of threat shows just wrongheaded he is on his own approach to his nation\u2019s genocide of the Armenians. Recognizing a genocide your nation committed as a genocide isn\u2019t a threat. Suggesting it is points to some sort of underlying insecurity. We can recognize that our nations\u2019 pasts are imperfect\u2014or even riddled with acts of evil\u2014without our countries or societies imploding.<\/p>\nGood gracious, the U.S. has so, so many of these dark blots throughout our history. It\u2019s not just the Native American genocide. It\u2019s also slavery, and then Jim Crow. There are other things too, such as our nation\u2019s decision to deny entry to Jews desperately trying to flee Europe during the 1930s, or the rounding up and imprisoning of Japanese Americans during WWII.<\/p>\n
The United States government does not deny that these things happened. Historians freely research and write about these atrocities. Ordinary Americans like myself can to criticize our history, and our country.<\/p>\n
In Turkey, this is not the case.<\/p>\n
In Turkey, public debate on the issue has been stifled. Article 301 of the penal code, on \u201cinsulting Turkishness\u201d, has been used to prosecute prominent writers who highlight the mass killings of Armenians.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This leaves me genuinely curious whether Erdogan knows how different things are in the United States\u2014does he know that historians in the U.S. currently write about efforts to eliminate Native American peoples and culture as genocide?<\/p>\n
It is true, there are massive battles within the U.S. over what children learn about U.S. history in K-12 public schools. I am not suggesting that our nation is perfect in its approach to its past. Far from it. Conservatives in particular frequently try to downplay the atrocities in our nation\u2019s past, as though they can wish them away by ignoring or denying them.<\/p>\n
But we as ordinary people are allowed to criticize our government\u2019s past actions without fear of reprisal\u2014and so are historians. Writing about the Native American genocide as it was is not taboo. It is widespread. In the United States, we have the ability to look at our past\u2014and our nation\u2019s past mistakes\u2014with open eyes and without fear of reprisal. Erdogan\u2019s comments remind me of how rare\u2014and precious\u2014that is.<\/p>\n
I am suddenly\u00a0deeply grateful for our nation and our Bill of Rights.<\/p>\n
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