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The line between history and memory is fraught with contradictions. People perceive events differently mostly because of their cultural lens. One cannot explain an event without having an angle or spin attached to it. You can only go so far without blurring the lines between history and memory. For the most part, history is the memory of our society and each group within it chooses to see it the way that they want to.
Its kind of funny that any education system prides themselves with serving up unbiased information to the masses. But every bit of historical information is chock-full of biased. The common master narrative which is pretty much has the America, FUCK YEAH! spin towards it is the most common. From a young age we are taught that America is the "city on the hill", and the best country the world has to offer. Whether what has been taught us is true or not, we learn it anyway because after all, no one wants to flunk out (well most of us) just to take a stand against the most popular narrative of history.
Each narrative of history is just as biased as the next. It is our choice to choose which form of history that goes down easier.