[luffapi]

It’s not “shaming”. It’s teaching history. Should they not teach kids about slavery, colonialism…?

This is especially relevant in Canada where they have been uncovering mass graves of indigenous children at Catholic schools designed to convert Natives:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57325653

That’s definitely something that needs more discussion and investigation.

Edit: it’s absolutely appalling to downvote this. HN is trying to sweep genocide under the table now? This place is a toilet of reactionary racists.

[jimbokun]

I still haven't seen proposals actually banning the discussion of specific historical events in schools. Even all of the anti-CRT legislation being proposed in the US, puts restrictions on what kinds of judgements you can state about people of specific races living today, not on historical events.

Granted, a lot of the wording of those proposed laws is way too vague, like not causing white kids to feel guilt or anguish or whatever. Maybe certain historical facts will make white kids feel bad, regardless or any editorializing.

But if you have specific proposals or legislation that explicitly bans teaching certain historical facts, I'd like to see it.

[bmeski]

You don't think every race in some part of the world has committed an atrocity at some point?

Your view of history is so small.

[luffapi]

No. I’m talking about events that have shaped modern Western Society. We’re talking about Canadian schools.

Again, are you saying that we shouldn’t teach the facts I listed?