White House Official Says ‘Honest’ Slavery Discussion Must Include ‘Hope and Progress’

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HALLIGAN: “It’s not about whitewashing,” she insisted. “It’s all about full context. So, while slavery is obviously a horrible aspect of our nation’s history, you can’t really talk about slavery honestly unless you also talk about hope and progress. And I think we need to be focusing on the progress that we’ve made since then. And we need to stop focusing so much on the lack of progress.”

(Via Mediaite)