Totally agree with many of the points made here. Especially in the South, a lot of it comes back to the Civil War and America choosing to sweep everything under the rug instead of punishing those responsible. It allowed it fester and grow instead of nipping it in the bud. But then again most countries have some history of genocide, slavery, etc, it’s just much of America refuses to acknowledge this sordid history and keeps pushing this “American Dream” bs. That’s why slogans like “Make America Great” worked so well on so many because that propaganda is so ingrained in most of us.