The history of any nation is important to the people of that nation" (Martin & Nakayama, 2022, p. 121). What past event in U.S. history do you believe impacts you most, on a day-to-day basis today? "In April 2018, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, also known as the National Lynching Memorial, opened in Montgomery, Alabama... The institute behind the museum and memorial believe that confronting this history is an important step in the reconciliation process. Others believe that we also need to make lynching illegal on the federal level" (Martin & Nakayama, 2022, p. 131). What are your opinions on this matter? The contact hypothesis is the notion that better communication between groups of people is facilitated simply by bringing them together and allowing them to interact" (Martin & Nakayama, 2022, p. 144). What are some situations where this hypothesis can be true and/or applied?