{"id":8198,"date":"2026-08-14T18:38:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=8198"},"modified":"2026-08-14T18:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:38:36","slug":"how-americans-deceive-ourselves-about-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=8198","title":{"rendered":"How Americans deceive ourselves about slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"99\" alt=\"Slavery Wasn't 'Long Ago': A Writer Exposes The Disconnect In How We Tell History\" class=\"wp-image-2652\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3272a66b37278c57a8ce518fe7748876.jpeg\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n <div>\n<h3>Race <\/h3>\n<h3>Slavery Wasn&#8217;t &#8216;Long Ago&#8217;: A Writer Exposes The Disconnect In How We Tell History<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5928227-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" -->\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Author Interviews <\/h3>\n<h3>In &#8216;Above Ground,&#8217; Clint Smith uses poetry to confront the legacy of slavery <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5928227-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" -->\n<p>Clint Smith&#8217;s explores how slavery is \u2014 and isn&#8217;t \u2014 taught. 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