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He asked me specifically of the 1619 project, of which I made no mention. That's a completely different question than "what things do you feel are being left out because they are incorrectly labeled CRT". I have a rather large list starting with red lining practices, Tulsa, how schools get funded, Juneteenth, failed promises of the federal government, etc. I'd also want regional (maybe even state specific) events to be incorporated. So, in my state things like the Ocoee massacre and the various eliminations of native tribes. I guess Tulsa would fall under that umbrella too..
those are fair topics, all can be taught in February. It’s not far enough for many though. I would just tell them to get a book.
Well, in some places.....some places label that CRT and have essentially banned it (or at the very least made teachers afraid to push it).
No no no. These topic must be limited to only February. Why? Because I guess that’s the only time we’re allowed to talk about the atrocities of our history.
You'd think we'd want to spread out the atrocities throughout the year so we didn't seem so bad.
That's your takeaway from black history month? The feeling that it's all about how whites suck? I'm sure you wouldn't say the same about Irish history or a German pride festival.
Lighten up, seriously. Of course we can teach it all year. It would make the most sense to teach it in the month that commentates them, no?
I think it would be enormously awesome if we were able to get rid of Black History Month. That'd mean we acknowledge the completeness of our country's history and wouldn't have to spend time/resources emphasizing the parts that get ignored. All of it would just be "US History" and taught as such. It's pretty sad that we are 150+ years into our country's existence and we have such an unbalanced and incomplete teaching of our history.
Do you think we as a nation have come a long way with this? Maybe there was a BHM when I was in school, can’t remember. I do recall learning about the people and their accomplishments though. I’m kind of a history guy, so it was always interesting to me.
I agree. But then we whites have to feel bad year round? That seems to be the sentiment from some of the right of what's expected because black history is taught.
lol, just no.
Hard to believe but conservatives don’t all stand for everything on the R plate. I guess I should get a confederate flag huh?
Based on events of the recent past - I would say no.
IDK, you're the one who "joked" that you didn't need a month to feel bad about yourself.
I agree with the second sentence here -- black history is an incredibly important part of just plain old American history. It is not even remotely in the same category as "Irish history" or "German pride month." Those are just relatively small immigrant groups who came here voluntarily and got to assimilate on their own. Slavery and its consequences are wildly more impactful that that sort of stuff, and it should be woven into every US history curriculum from kindergarten on up in an age-appropriate way.
I've lived in the middle of that segment of the population my entire life. At this point, I don't care about their feelings. My patience is shot
Grew up in Asheville NC...spent the entirety of my life in the Carolinas until I got married. My school was the exception to the rule. We learned about Tulsa. We learned about Juneteenth etc. Of course it was ONLY during Black History Month, but we learned it nonetheless. Not only was it NOT front and center in school. There were many areas that denied some of these events ever happened. About as "deep" as they got in our history classes in February was MLK and "I Have a Dream" and Rosa Parks. I think several areas would throw in the Tuskegee Airmen. Same lessons...year after year. I thought it was just around us that this sort of thing went on, but based on the threads in this forum, it was way more the rule than the exception.
lol, who was complaining about black history month?
That seems impossible given that politics and religion are part of history. Education is dominated by socially liberal people and there is no way to prevent their teaching from being influenced by their POV. Even though I disagree with most of the current social liberals, I'm OK with them teaching from their POV. Teachers aren't infallible. I had plenty of bad ones.
But these battles are what distracts the masses from important issues like spending over half our budget on war no matter if it's Republican or Democrat.Boston said:
Detroit schools are 2:5 % white and 82% black.Philo Beddoe said:
History is written by the winners.Caveman33 said:
Most of the history of the US Civil War was written by people supporting "The Lost Cause".
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