Spielberg's Lincoln

[L Verge]

No one has advocated FORGETTING that slavery or other atrocities existed. The point is that you learn from the past, not dwell on it, and that you appreciate achievements that have been made in society. If you keep pouting about the way things used to be, you will never begin to improve the situation.

I don't think slavery in any form is correct; but I have not made a slave of anyone, and I refuse to let people hold the institution of slavery over my head like a whip and make me feel guilty. I have also known many fine people descended from those held in slavery, and they have taken every opportunity to better themselves without dwelling on the past. They understand that it happened, that it was wrong, but that there is a better future ahead.