In an interesting
article at the Daily Beast, Peter Beinart criticizes the American media
for focusing on Nelson Mandela’s capacity for forgiveness while ignoring his
insistence that those guilty needed to acknowledge that guilt in the process
called Truth and Reconciliation.
Deinart quotes Bishop Desmond Tutu who says,
True reconciliation exposes the awfulness, the abuse, the hurt, the truth…because in the end only an honest confrontation with reality can bring real healing. Superficial reconciliation can bring only superficial healing.
It seems there is
something important in this for the United States. It also seems an appropriate
addendum to the racial history explored in 12 Years a Slave. I recommend
Beinart’s entire article.
2 comments:
A very perceptive and important post. Thanks.
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