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yardwork

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22. I was taught the same, in rural Ohio.

Reply to wnylib (Reply #11)

Sun Oct 17, 2021, 09:48 AM

Oct 2021

Except I wasn't taught that white people ever "went too far."

I believe that a significant number of white people in the U.S. still believe that Black people were better off as slaves, because that's what so many of us were taught.

The hysteria about teaching actual history in schools stems from the necessity to protect the White fantasy. It's just as bad as Holocaust denial. We're all appalled that a Texas high school suggested teaching Holocaust denial but we should be just as appalled at the suppression of Critical Race Theory, which isn't really being taught in schools but should be.

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On October 17, 1871, Pres. Grant declared martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus in SC [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 OP

TY empedocles Oct 2021 #1

Unfortunately, jaxexpat Oct 2021 #2

Well, that war is over. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2021 #4

If MAGA prevails they'll flip that on its head bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #3

I had the exact same thought as I was reading this. Native Oct 2021 #6

wait wait wait The Jungle 1 Oct 2021 #5

yet more buried us "history." AllaN01Bear Oct 2021 #8

I was actually taught, in a junior high social studies class, wnylib Oct 2021 #11

The right wants to teach lies again. The Jungle 1 Oct 2021 #14

Excellent example is...."The Big Lie" KS Toronado Oct 2021 #18

I was taught the same, in rural Ohio. yardwork Oct 2021 #22

what a horror!!!!!!!!!! My husband was in Viet Nam, he came home in 1969, and never wanted to talk secondwind Oct 2021 #15

We must study our history if we are going to expand our humanity. The Jungle 1 Oct 2021 #26

Excellent point. LastDemocratInSC Oct 2021 #27

Much of our sordid past was excluded from the teaching in our schools because of white sensibility RVN VET71 Oct 2021 #17

For actions like this, and many others, I regard President Grant as the 2nd most important... NNadir Oct 2021 #7

Have you read the bio on him, "Grant?" Auggie Oct 2021 #19

I've read several biographies and excerpts of Chernow's. NNadir Oct 2021 #21

This history needs to be suppressed because ... Martin Eden Oct 2021 #9

Yep. The truth is bad for little white kids. RVN VET71 Oct 2021 #24

This wasn't in Gone With the Wind. yardwork Oct 2021 #10

See my #11. wnylib Oct 2021 #12

South Carolina, standing alone against Northern aggression since 1865 MyMission Oct 2021 #13

Following the lead of another GOP President, Lincoln, who suspended Writ of Habeas Corpus ... marble falls Oct 2021 #16

Now instead of just a state, like Texas, Florida, etc, we have the entire Republican party ShazamIam Oct 2021 #20

And not just in one region, either, wnylib Oct 2021 #23

Yes including all the red counties in the blue states. ShazamIam Oct 2021 #25