Should we forget?

We have all taken history classes and learned about this country's amazing and mindblowing history. But lately I have been hearing many people say that we must work towards a better future. And the only way to do that is to forget the past. Forget that this land was once entirely inhabited by Native Americans who were  cheated out of their land, and killed off by huge numbers and then the survivors were forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. Even though this happened years ago, for many of them they still live in this exact same setting. When we refer to the Holocaust, many Americans say that we must never forget the pain and suffering that the Jews, Gypsies and Homosexuals went through. In a way, the Native Americans went through the exact same thing. Even in Sherman Alexie's novel we read, Junior referred to the reservations as internment camps. I personally believe forgetting is all about covering guilt rather than actually building to a fair future. Thoughts?

Special

After reading the story of Junior I remember an experience with racism I experienced as a child. When I was about 4, my mother and I moved into an apartment. Now for 2 weeks we lived in this place that turned out to be infested with bugs like spiders, centipedes, cockroaches, and other critters. Now when we tried to get our money back and leave that place, the landlord refused and stated that it was our "Special food" that caused the infestation. Luckily, my mother wrote down this quote and took the man to court and sued him for the money he took from us. I wonder if this sort of scenario is common for minorities without much money. Any thoughts?

Small part of my reflection

Indian Education Reflection

The racism of this text was quite hurtful to read to be honest. In the first grade section, he uses the event of being bullied and explains how he was punished for standing up for himself while none of the teachers even paid attention to the white bully. I found the ugly redhead teacher Betty Towle too. Even though Sherman was a very good student that missionary teacher still thought less of him because of his race. I had a teacher in the past who responded to me quite harsher than others. But unlikely Sherman I wasn’t as mature with the subject. Let’s just say the bite mark on her hand and hair tugging was my way of expressing my feelings. Luckily it “expressed” me out of there.