Mistakes

Wideman calls for "justice", or rather "Just us!". What caught my interest was how he had the intention to do one thing but ends up following another path. For instance, his visit to the desert was not the same ordinary trip, but rather a trip to the past looking at the internment of Japanese Americans and the "'reservation' really an 'internment camp'" for Native Americans. He delves into the soft spots of American history that we attempt to wash out, but he displays how they are all there--vivid and alive in memory. It seems that American society continues to make mistakes, but cover them up and forget about them until they make another mistake of the same kind. It is disappointing, but we all have done it. Why not accept our mistakes and learn from them? Be accountable and never make the same mistake again.