The past ten years America have seen a revitalization of Nationalism throughout the political sphere. Race, Ethnicity, and American identity has taken a turn to the past. Blacks and Whites have staked their political positioning based on narrow views of the past. Some have been good and some have been bad. Historians are not surprised because the past always have a way of emerging in the present.
I want you to watch the videos below. Interpret the videos from your historical vantage point. How are the people in the video impacted by social memory and historical consciousness? How are the events of today rooted in an American past?Watch the videos. What is the historical irony of the incidents in Charlottesville?
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