33 Little-Known Dark Moments in Nations’ Histories
‘The Detroit Riot of 1967’
As the common saying goes, history is written by the victors. It might be worth adding a second part to that, though, which is that history classes like to focus on victories. When you’re getting your education, especially here in America, they like to dedicate a whole lot of time to American exceptionalism and not to skeletons our country has crammed deep in the closet.
If you want to learn about the worst things your country has done — and I can guarantee you that they’ve all done something pretty terrible — you’re better off doing some extracurricular research. These Redditors did, and shared some of the most shameful moments their country was involved in, ones that unsurprisingly don’t make it onto their high schools’ syllabi.
