History classes in high school often skip over the uncomfortable parts of our past, like the forced relocation of Native Americans or the internment of Japanese citizens during WWII. I learned about these events only when I stumbled upon a documentary in college, and it made me question everything I was taught. Should we sanitize history to protect students' feelings, or is it our duty to present the full, ugly truth? Sugar-coating the past does a disservice to the victims and leaves us unprepared to recognize similar injustices today.