Germany Has Created Monuments to Remember the Sins of its History. Could America?

Last year, poet and writer Clint Smith wrote the book, “How the World is Passed,” exploring how the US has failed to come to terms with the reality and legacy of slavery. Now, for an Atlantic cover story, “Monuments to the Unthinkable” he’s traveled to Germany to see how that country has grappled with memorializing its own ugly history. We talk with Smith about history, memory, and the stories a nation tells itself.

Guests:

Clint Smith, poet, "How the Word is Passed;" staff writer, The Atlantic

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