Horny History: Thanksgiving (part one)

It’s real history, as told by some horny dude in my inbox and me.

This story contains sensitive content on the gruesome mistreatment of Indigenous People. Reader discretion is advised.

I remember learning about the first Thanksgiving in school. How the “Indians” and the Pilgrims shared a feast together to celebrate their friendship. There’s a problem to this story though, it isn’t true.

Each year, Thanksgiving serves as a reminder to Indigenous People of the hurt colonization has caused them. Since the colonizers have written our history, this story of peace and friendship has been able to be told for so long that Americans become angry at even the thought of their beloved tradition being false and hurtful.

In part two I’ll cover the Day of Mourning and what changes we as a society are making to show a more truthful history.

Sources:

This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving