The first event of the Zócalo series, "How Should Societies Remember Their Sins?," was held on July 12, 2022. The event explored the question, “What Is Our Responsibility for Our Government’s Wars?” The panelists were Lieutenant General (ret.) Robert E. Schmidle, Jr., Air Force veteran Noël Lipana, and New York Times' United Nations bureau chief Farnaz Fassihi. Moderated by University of North Carolina historian William Sturkey.
When reflecting on one's responsibility for America's wars, we must take a step back and look at how "war has become the defining way that this government and this country operates," Schmidle said. He pointed out that the terminology of war has pervaded our society so much that we conceptualize and attempt to solve problems in black and white, "with us" or "against us," "at war" or "not at war."
“How Should Societies Remember Their Sins?” is a two-year editorial and event series supported by the Mellon Foundation. Blending scholarly essays and personal stories, we will explore how societies around the world collectively remember their transgressions and make attempts at repair, and how we might imagine new paths forward. View the series: zps.la/sins2
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