A National Fear?

I wonder if our nation is not full of fears. We refuse to share our national prosperity and blessings with our Hispanic neighbors. We desire to make any person who is not heterosexual an outcast from our society. Our national history is evidence that we have abused the native Americans as well as the dark-skinned Americans who may have come from Africa, the Caribbean, South America, etc. We seem to value greed over earth, water, and sky care. It appears to me that we are not able to recognize and confess our own evils, so we insist that our children never hear our complete national stories. I think our national fears, denials, and avoidances are attempts to maintain a false national identity. Jesus said, “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free” (John 8:32), then someone added ‘but first it will make you miserable.’ Fear prevents us from seeing the truth about ourselves and our relationships.