Steve, yes not all history is wonderful. One can go back into written history and find all these examplies of history and hopefully we as a Nation never repete. But untill we say US and not THEM it's still not working totally! 

"I am an American, not an Asian-American. My rejection of hyphenation has been called race treachery, but it is really a demand that America deliver the promises of its dream to all its citizens equally."        Bharati Mukherjee

"History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is."        Thomas Jefferson

And there lies the problem with us, our government and our news outlets, labeling all and making us different!

"While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.” ― Samuel Adams