Domestic history is probably something I should read more about so kudos to you for bringing that horrid part of our history into the conversation. It’s so odd, yet so normal that human beings ALWAYS find a group to piss on. We’ve done it with every large wave of immigrants that have come here and as you so starkly pointed out, we did it with American citizens. To me it is the worst of human behavior. We base hatred on skin color, languages used, sometimes singling out groups like the Jews and other undesirables were by the Nazis. We never learn as people.
I spend a decent amount of time thinking about am I doing things that will help people out generations from now? Am I doing something to further humanity in a positive way for the millions and billions that’ll come long after I’m tossed overboard into the South Pacific to be shark food? I don’t think it makes me unique to think that way, but I do wish humans would think long-term instead of just five minutes from now and that they’d use history as a guide as to why that would be important to do so.