In America, we must accept our horrendous past — rejecting it is erasure

In America, we must accept our horrendous past — rejecting it is erasure

No landmark, historic reference to slavery — not even the image of the formerly enslaved Gordon (also known as “Whipped Peter”) whose scarred back has been symbolic of the mistreatment Black Americans endured during the many years of bondage — is safe from Trump’s whitewashing or erasure. In accordance with the Trump administration, National Park Service officials are broadly interpreting Trump’s directive to “apply to information on racism, sex…