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When confronted with the difficulties of the present, most Americans nostalgically long for the past – the “good old days” when life was simpler, more moral, and less troubled. When we closely examine those former times, however, we see within our rose-colored glasses obscure cracks of extreme and institutionalized racism, sexism and homophobia.
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Verducci, S. (2013). The Immense Value of Doubt. In: Kress, T.M., Lake, R. (eds) We Saved the Best for You. Imagination and Praxis, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-122-1_27
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