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That still does not solve the problem of having a coherent and accurate narrative history. you’re simply acknowledging that it was cherry picked and managed, an
by AndrewKemendo 3y ago
That still does not solve the problem of having a coherent and accurate narrative history. you’re simply acknowledging that it was cherry picked and managed, and making the point that it’s required as a practicality does not in anyway excuse or correct the bias.
It is not by accident that these things are not taught, where I disagree is that it has not been intentionally biased. We know for a fact that it has been intentionally biased and the entire purpose of the daughters of the confederacy in their drive-through the south to rename schools and erect monuments, explicitly to maintain racist history is unambiguous.
The fact that this remains, albeit it is now being undone slowly, is exemplary of my point.
It is insufficient for these significant cultural points to be casually mentioned, as opposed to intentionally acknowledged such that we can make reparations. If your position is that these things do not have remaining cultural impacts well, I don’t know what else to tell you other than that’s incorrect and again is a function of the specificity for which this history is taught.
Ruby Bridges is still alive today and there are women living today who couldn’t vote. This wasn’t that long ago.
- ajb 3y agoWhy should we be sure that a narrative of history exists, that is both coherent and accurate? I'm not convinced that human history is coherent. Maybe you are a theist, but for those of us that are not, there is no reason to believe that human history can fit neatly into any particular narrative. Any story we tell about it will necessarily be partial and biased.