Most US history , at least as the k 12 level , is very willing to gloss over anything bad that the country did . For me , there some mention of The Trail of Tears as if that ' s the only time we committed genocide none of my teachers ever called it genocide and some were willing to call it unfortunate but unintentional but otherwise it ' s said that we treated the natives fairly . But yeah , I think a lot of these kinds of arguments come from a terrible history background <| sep |> The BFG scared the absolute shit out of me as a young kid . I couldn ' t sleep unless the window was shut and the curtains were closed . Even then it sometimes seemed safer to hide under the duvet . <| sep |> Hope this doesn ' t ruin your day but slaves constructed the Capitol building in DC , 1793 to 1826 . Capitol records show 385 payments for ' Negro hire ', and the crowning Statue of Freedom . Can you find any seed in your heart of fair play and just statements ? One that says well , yeah , slaves did a ton of unpaid work , not saying they didn ' t . but I just feel more comfortable in an all white society ? At least people could respect your truth , even if they didn ' t agree .