In Trouillot’s “Silencing the Past” he argues that silences are critical in shap

In Trouillot’s “Silencing the Past” he argues that silences are critical in shaping how we understand and craft historical narratives. As we assemble and interpret “facts” to form narratives power relations fundamentally shape the stories that we tell. In this week’s discussion post either discuss what sorts of silences are critical in shaping our understandings of the American War in Vietnam or with how we see and act against poverty today