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As the U.S. turns 250, this historian has blunt advice: 'America has to grow up'
In America, U.S.A., Princeton historian Eddie Glaude Jr. looks at the country through the lens of its previous anniversaries and centennials. "The divided soul of the nation is in full view," he says.
Growing up means acknowledging our environmental debt to future generations - when will we start acting like it?
This historians rage is understandable, but does he really think Americans are too immature to handle the truth? Seems like more of the same old blame-the-country rhetoric.