Berlin: Apropos

After my Berlin entry I found a site that was representative of part of our collective past as human beings. I thought it worthy to include, with all the talk about Germany, the Jewish Holocaust, the Black Holocaust and all the other atrocities we as human beings have continued to inflict upon each other. While in Berlin, I thought often of the many human beings who were disposed of there: the homosexuals, blacks, whomever the powerful few felt unworthy. I find my prejudices interesting, not least because of America's own historical past. So here I present to you a powerful website on a chapter of America's history which, according to my previous logic, should make any person of color hesitant to visit the U.S. But of course, this is not the case, and while Berlin seems to make it a point to REMEMBER, I wonder how committed we, as Americans, really are to remembering our own past mistakes?
Without Sanctuary speaks for itself.
One of the things which strikes me about the world is that we, as human beings, are so often smaller versions of the goings-on of the world. We don't like to rehash the pain, sociologically and even personally. It makes me think of my collection of poetry The Organist's Daughter which sometimes I wonder about. It is an extremely personal collection of poetry and I wonder, why do I want to put that out there? Why do I want to rehash the past? Why don't I just forget about it and MOVE ON? Well, the only way I can ever move on, and we as a world can ever move on, is to reckon with our past. Resolve it, and then progress. Ignoring our & other's trespasses doesn't resolve anything--isn't it plain to see?