Most people believe that their countries are beautiful, that their nations and cultures are worthy of love and sacrifice. But many aren’t willing to acknowledge that their nations and cultures are like human beings: their humanity and inhumanity are simultaneous.
It would hearten me if people could recognise that. Because then we can do something about it. If we only believe in the more perfect union, only believe in our humanity, only that we’re an exceptional nation, we’re just going to keep on doing some terrible things.
Viet Thanh Nguyen
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