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Most Americans struggle - Not really sure what the director's aim is in this somewhat informative but exhausting vignette portraying light-skinned Americans as the worst people there ever were on Planet Earth. These complaints have steadily streamed in media throughout my entire life and I'm nearly 60 years old. New England's people did not live a charmed life. Not sure why people think they did. It has to be said. The pilgrims struggled and starved to death, too. Their descendants have also struggled. Political factions that influence films like this one to portray that all with light skin in the US are wealthy present a new fiction. Fact is that most ordinary Americans struggle to survive regardless of skin shade and ancestry especially when there are few jobs to be had. Only a very small percentage of Americans were billionaires over time. Slaves were owned by an even smaller group of plantation owners. Slavery should not define the entire history of the United States, then. Millions of families that owned no slaves but contributed to this nation's tax base are always overlooked. That's frustrating. What slavery should do is remind us that the people have very little control over powerful governments. But - even more than this - the US overcame slavery during the bloody Civil War - and all American families were impacted by that. No one can say we did not try to stop slavery or that our Civil War Union soldiers were racist. Many died horrific deaths on the battlefield to help free other people. We should point to Civil War soldiers' ultimate sacrifice each time someone claims no one in the US ever thought they mattered. All nations warred - All nations on this planet have seen conflict and war because humans compete. Archaeology is important for posterity to a degree. But, when archaeology's aim becomes part of a larger political motive to undo nations, create a constancy of cultural division and strife, then archaeology becomes a problem for society as any agency that seeks to further its income at the expense of others it exploits for gain. This story instructs society to hate English-speaking peoples and that they give land back to those who think they own it. No one owns land but are stewards of it for a period of their lives. I am always suspicious of those that claim they were the "first" to live somewhere or held the "First Thanksgiving," or whatnot because there simply is no way for us to know. We were not alive at the time the first humans arrived on North American soil. No one living in modernity saw who it was that was first. Like most grant-financed groups that become influenced by coffers, archaeology discloses information and artifacts that its controlling forces want the public to see but does not necessarily reveal all factual evidence. What do you want? I have to ask what the director wants to achieve by this film. Does he want the US to return all lands to those who claim they were on it, first? What is amazing in that question is that some actually believe this will occur by a nation they live in and enjoy liberty and income - most have bathrooms with plumbing, kitchens to cook in, beds to sleep in, food, running water, vehicles to drive. Puzzling to understand what more some could possibly want. There are many Americans with light skin who have no bathtub, no running water right now. Few care about these folks and their daily struggle to survive. These Americans matter to no one. Bottom line: Not going to ask my grandchildren to carry guilt with them throughout their lives because of the actions of one or two of their ancestors. We can look into every human's lineage to find someone that was a jerk because we are humans. Some make better decisions than others. Different generations, different regions experience different struggles to survive. Difficult to assess others that I did not know and could never describe their pain and suffering because I wasn't alive while they were alive. This is why it is important to address the here and now. Few of all ancestries and skin shades should complain on this soil about anything at all. Most of this generation have never experienced the horrors of war. And - at the end of the day, the bank account tells the most honest facts of them all. What's your American income? Shall we all compare incomes? I think it's time to do so. Some may realize the truth is that they do not have it as bad as they thought in the US.