Is US and World History Often Romanticized ?

The older I get as a fictional hoboclown detective,the more I learn and discover.My investigative searches for clues and facts often turn up 'ugly and uncomfortable historical and warped actions of mankind against mankind and other planetary creatures'. So far, I have not heard of one civilization that did not have some religious,political,socio-economic,scientific or pseudo-scientific skeletons in their 'civilized closet'. In trying to understand some of the underpinnings or causations of tensions among US ethnic groups and individuals, I bumped into two documented accounts of a life experience of a human being by the name of " Ota Benga". Mr. Ota Benga had been captured and terrorized abroad and brought to the US and introduced to a series of more inhumane abuses. The question raised is whether any human individual or group should be traditionally, culturally,legally, morally or ethically mistreated by other 'civilized human beings' ? Also, should such human degradations be excused and romanticized ? You are invited to answer the questions for yourself after reading the following accounts at the two websites: http://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/ota-benga-an-african-caged-in-a-u-s-zoo/article_ad3fd3d9-e86b-5c36-b04e-fd451f179245.html AND https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ota_Benga