I do think there needs to be a shift in the education system in the US. Here in the UK, Anne Frank isn't a huge subject we seem to study. And as I've said elsewhere in my comments section, much of my year 9 (whatever grade that is) was given over to exploring the Transatlantic Slave Trade and everything that entailed. I didn't learn about Anne Frank until much later but I have visited her house - and if you're ever in Amsterdam then I recommend doing it too. It's genuinely very moving.

America seems psychologically unable to deal with its own troubled history, at least on the surface. I think that's likely to be a polemic thinking issue. If the starting point for the discussion is one of suffeing-competition or flipping the historical narrative on its head, I don't think that's going to work. I don't think the US, and particular the South is ready for that. I think to reduce racism, there needs to be a push from the non-threatening centre ground to bring these counter-narratives and amazing stories into the light. I don't think 'the white woke' are the allies that Black people need at this juncture. They're like a megaphone and what I think is required is a skilled negotiator. :o)