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by emptysongglass
1826 days ago
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Provide evidence. In Washington State the genocide of Native Americans and Black slavery was the topic from elementary through high school. I can't remember a single year either subject wasn't explored, critiqued and analyzed. |
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1: Only 8% of students understand that slavery was the cause of the Civil War.
2: Here is a book that destroys the myth of the Alamo, and points out that the white people in Texas went to war twice to keep the institution of slavery.
3: There are lots results for problems with the way native history is taught in the US. I grabbed an interesting read as an example. As further evidence, until a few years ago, the Washington NFL team used a racist slur as its name
1: https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2018-02-...
2: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/623832/forget-the-a...
3: http://alaskool.org/native_ed/articles/g_lincoln.htm