Adam Harris

They can try to change how things are taught in school.

They can try to take away DEI and higher ed.

They can try to do all of these things, but we still, within the sort of micro units of families and communities, still have the power to share this history in ways that I think can be really meaningful.

for all of us and for young people.

And it wasn't just for my kids.

Like, I got to hear my mom talk about her experience going into this school.

And I think all of these things, for me, when I think of Black History Month, it's about both understanding and appreciating the sort of Jackie Robinsons and the like, but it's also about remembering that

those larger figures are only possible because of the sort of what's happening on the most granular level.

I tell people all the time, America is a place that has provided unparalleled, unimaginable opportunities for millions of people across generations in ways that their own ancestors could have never imagined.

It has also done so at the direct expense of millions and millions of other people.

And both of those things are the story of America.

It's not one over here and one over there.

You get to pick this one and not pick that one.

Both of those things are the story of this country, and you have to hold both of those realities alongside one another.

Well, I think when we think of ourselves, when I think of who I am as a person, I'm someone who's done things in my life that I'm proud of.

And I'm someone who's done things in my life that I'm not proud of because I'm human and I make mistakes.

And what I try to do and what I try to teach my children is you acknowledge those mistakes.

You try to learn from those mistakes to become a better version of yourself in the future.

And so if that's the standard that I hold myself to, the standard I hold my children to, the standard I hold my friends and loved ones to, why would I not hold my country

to that same standard.