Richard M. Waugaman ’70

2 Weeks Ago

False Binaries for Historical Figures

Such controversies tell us something about ourselves — the way we prefer to idealize historical figures until we learn they, like everyone, have feet of clay. Cancel culture promotes false binaries of people being either good or evil. Life isn’t so simple.

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