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In the same way China would prefer to forget Tiananmen Square? You are free in America to talk about the Tulsa race massacre as much as you like. You can look
by rufus_foreman 5y ago
In the same way China would prefer to forget Tiananmen Square?
You are free in America to talk about the Tulsa race massacre as much as you like. You can look it up on the web, you can buy books about it. The government won't threaten you for doing so. It is taught in some schools and universities. In Oklahoma, it is required by law to be taught in schools. Every year at the end of May there are articles published about how no one knows about the Tulsa race massacre.
That is not equivalent to the way China would prefer to forget Tiananmen Square. Those two things are not the same at all. America is not China. Freedom is not slavery.
- mcv 5y agoThat is all true. That doesn't change the fact that there are people in the US who would prefer that these events are not taught in school. It's good and important that they are, but there are people who would prefer to see only nationalistic feel-good history be taught. There are also schools that ban certain books, important, literary books. These are things to be wary of, and not be complacent about.