Civil War (or, Who Do We Think We Are)

The main take away for me was how divided we are as a country in the Deep South. It's still as though the south has not changed from over 120 yrs ago. The Whites still have a need to make sure they are in control of the entire storyline and how white dominated states are going to be this way for many more years.

I was ready for a rather biased indictment of the South and slavery. But the filmmakers really bent over backward to be as balanced as they could. Remember that the northern states and many of our founding fathers held slaves. The sad thing is that many in the South continue to say it's all in the past; it's history: so leave it alone. Yes, according to law, slavery no longer exists. Then we have the same expressions of hatred. I was particularly impressed with the kids in this documentary who were very forthcoming in their views on both sides of the issue.

This film powerfully explores the contemporary impact of how slavery and the Civil War are and are not taught and understood throughout our country. Faulkner said, "The past is never dead. It is not even past." This film serves as a vivid illustration of that truth.

Do yourself a favor...watch it and think.

I didnt like that biracial kid that sounded like he had his father's talking points. He kepttalking about how asian Americans life was so much harder than black peoole but they weren't blaming the system. You cant have system that operated for the better part of four centuries and expect people to be iver it in One generation. Therecare people alive today who know what Jim Crow was like. Ruby Bridges experienced that first hand and is still alive today so to expect black people to just get over it when the construct still exist today albeit now so visble, nonetheless still exists.

Amazing pls watch. This is the honest truth about America. We have been so proned to believe the propaganda that was thrown at us for decades.