By Issa | News from the Other Side
When Trump started separating families at the border, many people were outraged. Children were ripped from their parents, locked in cages, and left traumatized—all in the name of policy.
But here’s the thing: This wasn’t new.
America has been doing this for centuries. When you don’t confront your history, you repeat it.
✔ Enslaved African families were torn apart—children sold like cattle, never to see their parents again.
✔ Native families were destroyed—children taken to boarding schools, stripped of their culture, and erased.
✔ And now, immigrants at the border suffer the same fate—families separated because America still hasn’t learned.
How many times does this need to happen before we finally say enough?
America’s Dark Tradition of Tearing Families Apart
America’s greatness has always been built on the suffering of others. And when it comes to families, this country has a long history of systematic destruction.
✔ The Slave Trade – Millions of African families were permanently separated. A child could be sold away at any moment. A mother could be sent to a plantation miles away, never seeing her baby again. There were no rights, no reunions, and no apologies.
✔ The Native Boarding Schools – Indigenous children were stolen from their families, forced into institutions where they were beaten, stripped of their language, and told that their heritage was evil. Families were intentionally shattered so their culture would disappear.
✔ The Border Crisis – Fast forward to the present, and we see the same cruelty in a new form. Thousands of immigrant children were ripped from their parents and locked in detention centers—some never to be reunited.
America never learns. It just finds new victims.
Where Are the Politicians With a Backbone?
If there’s one thing today’s leaders have lost, it’s courage.
✔ They raise their voices only when it’s politically convenient.
✔ They fight for justice only when there’s no real risk involved.
✔ They make speeches, hold hearings, and express outrage—but nothing changes.
We once had leaders who were willing to die for justice. The Civil Rights Movement was led by people who understood that real change costs something.
✔ Martin Luther King Jr. knew he wouldn’t live to see the full impact of his work. He did it anyway.
✔ Malcolm X was gunned down for telling the truth. He told it anyway.
✔ Fannie Lou Hamer was beaten within an inch of her life. She kept going.
Where are those kinds of leaders today?
Now, our politicians only stand until it threatens their paycheck.
✔ They take safe positions.
✔ They avoid the hard fights.
✔ They care more about reelection than revolution.
They refuse to see that America is crumbling under its own hypocrisy.
America Can’t Be Great Until It Confronts Its Own Sins
America loves to call itself the greatest country in the world. But how can that be true when:
✔ It repeats the same crimes over and over again?
✔ It refuses to protect the most vulnerable?
✔ It elects leaders who are too weak to fight for real change?
Greatness isn’t about power—it’s about justice.
Until America:
✔ Confronts the full truth of its history
✔ Stops repeating the same cycles of oppression
✔ And elects leaders who stand for something real
It will never be the country it claims to be.
The next generation is watching.
What are we willing to do to change the story?
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