I wonder if the demographic were changed these comments would say the same things. If these children who experienced these horrors were White would people say the same things? Would they broadly question the ability of the "White Community" to value education and move on? Do the people who say those who speak the truth are "looking for a handout" or "wallowing in their past" etc. say these same things about survivors of the Holocaust? Think for a moment about why it is socially acceptable to speak of the horrors people have experienced in other nations at the hands of our enemies, and yet when we speak of the horrors experienced here the denial and resistance to truth is so powerful.

The ignorance and denial is so strong in many of these comments. We need truth and reconciliation because if the truth is not acknowledged publicly this denial and resistance will continue. 

If we cannot as a society acknowledge something that has happened how can anyone move forward? We all need to heal