They’re part of the story, of course, starting in 1619, but it’s NOT ABOUT THEM. George Washington may have owned slaves, but that was almost the least important thing about his career. Same for Thomas Jefferson. The American Revolution wasn’t about slavery and, in many ways, the Civil War wasn’t either. Like the current Cold Civil War, it was two groups of white people quarreling over who was to govern. For example, white Southern Democrat Claire McCaskill, a representative of the Left, says she’s going to inaugurate a July 4 tradition of watching video of the Mostly Peaceful Protest at the Capitol on January 6.