How can we understand U.S. constitutional democracy and history in ways that are both appreciative of our founding principles and achievements and honest about the wrongs of the past and present? 

When the principal unveils a new mural for America's 250th anniversary, student council members see symbolism that seems to dismiss their lived experiences, and their teacher, Mr. J., is caught between the students he champions and the school leader he works under.

Critique not Cynicism, Appreciation not Adulation

Both/And Thinking