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Why would they spend time on these in a high school social studies class?

• vkou 7y ago
  Because it's a beautiful example of ways in which government authority fails, because you can raise questions about when state violence is appropriate, and when it isn't, whether ends justify means, what accountability processes exist for the infliction of violence against individuals... Oh, I suppose these are great reasons to not expose high school students to it.
  • jbattle 7y ago
    I think it would be awesome for high school students to be taught about the patterns where our government has failed its people - absolutely. I don't know if I find these two cases as noteworthy as you do. I'd probably cover instead: - Ways that administrations have built the case for foreign wars (Bush & Iraq War 2, Bay of Tonkin) - Ways that police have been misused against citizens (labor struggles in early 20th century, FBI vs civil rights movement)