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> US doesn't have a history of oppressive governments Yeah except the founding story of the country
by andrewxdiamond 2y ago
> US doesn't have a history of oppressive governments
Yeah except the founding story of the country
- violet13 2y ago[flagged]
- quartesixte 2y agoYeah the Revolution gets hyped a lot but if you take a step back it was “anddd they taxed us too much time to take up arms.” Which to the colonies was tantamount to tyranny but the world hadn’t yet seen tyranny the way it would see it post Industrial Revolution.
- eesmith 2y agoAnd the California Genocide ... And the confiscation of indigenous land and forced expulsion of those people ... And state constitutions which prohibited Blacks from moving in ... Institutionalized Jim Crow-era race-based restrictions, including Sundown Towns and redlining... The forced expulsion of Chinese-Americans from Tacoma, by white supremacists including the mayor, judge and city councilors, which became the method used to further Chinese expulsion in the US West. Oh, and the Japanese detainment camps in WWII ... Nope, no history of oppressive governments in the US.
- snowpid 2y agoI found it mildly problematic that non American views about American history are flagged because they don't fit into the American world view.
- krapp 2y agoSchools in some states aren't allowed to discuss any topic that creates "discomfort, guilt or anguish on the basis of political belief." Which means they can't teach about slavery or manifest destiny or any other aspect of American history for which an honest, critical look might make white people uncomfortable. Texas even wanted to mandate that 'slavery' be referred to as 'involuntary relocation' and slaves themselves as 'workers' in textbooks, and Texas teachers are forbidden by law from teaching that slavery was part of the founding of the US, they can only teach that it was a "deviation from American values." It's a bit more than mildly problematic.