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This was merely run-of-the-mill shocking until the very last student spoke.
by abstractbill 16y ago
This was merely run-of-the-mill shocking until the very last student spoke.
- btilly 16y agoIf that shocked you, then you haven't been paying attention to how different different parts of the US are, and how much of the US has never really digested science.
- greyfade 16y agoHis question is very telling: Most Christian children are brought up without one particular, very salient point being brought up about the religion's origins. That is, nearly everyone in the Bible is not white. That they are, in fact, of Arab or Egyptian descent. "White" people don't even enter the picture until the New Testament. So without this knowledge, kids grow up thinking that Jews were Whitey McWhiterson of Northern Ireland, which is partially reinforced by all of the imagery of Jesus, etc. being of European origin, and the implied racism that often brews in their local community as a result. These kids are implicitly convinced that Adam and Eve were "white," though no one has even suggested the thought. I'm starting to wonder if this is probably where the "white supremacy" ideology comes from. So the kid is not merely misinformed about evolution; he is, in fact, misinformed about his own religion. Oh, the disappointment I feel.