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It seems he is. I see a much bigger push to prevent any type of critical discussion about issues of slavery etc. I'm also always surprised how little US citize
by kgarten 5y ago
It seems he is.
I see a much bigger push to prevent any type of critical discussion about issues of slavery etc.
I'm also always surprised how little US citizens know about their own history. Ask somebody about "Birth of a Nation" and see what they can tell you about it.
Ask them if they know about the "Pro American Rally" in 1939 and see what they say.
These things are not taught in school and it's a shame.
I know what I'm talking about I'm German and I hated our history education in school as we were discussing the 3rd Reich nearly every year. Yet, reflecting on it and seeing that the same stupid ideas get a hold today again, it was not nearly enough. We should have taught more. The same holds for the German colonial history (that was not covered and is changing slowly).
If you don't know your past, you are condemned to repeat it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/150-years-later-schools-are-still-a-battlefield-for-interpreting-civil-war/2015/07/05/e8fbd57e-2001-11e5-bf41-c23f5d3face1_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/150-years-lat...
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/12/right-wing-textbooks-teach-slavery-black-immigration https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/12/right-wing...