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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by UrLogicFails@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

What they’re doing is erasing white history. So, what do I mean by that? Well, if you look at the curriculums and the laws that they’re passing to make white children feel comfortable, first of all, they’re not opposed to children learning stuff like the civil rights movement was an effort to gain equal rights. They’re not even worried about your kids learning about slavery. What they’re worrying about is your kids learning about what white people did.

According to the articles, the specific complaint was that the unit may not address the internal slave system/trade within Africa, and that quote, “it may only present one side of the issue and may not offer any opposing viewpoints or other perspectives on this subject.”

there was another story that Tennessee objected to lessons on Ruby Bridges because, you know, Ruby Bridges actually integrated schools, but they didn’t want to know about the parents who lined up outside of the schoolhouse when Ruby Bridges was entering school and yelled at her and spat on her. So they’re cool with the Ruby Bridges part, right? Ruby Bridges is an uplifting story about how one brave little girl triumphed and gave freedom for her people. But they don’t want you to understand what she triumphed over.

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[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 33 points 1 year ago

If we honestly taught about white people's role in things like slavery and genocide, then it would interfere with the dissemination of the white supremacist lies that this was all "a long time ago" and that we magically fixed it with the power of love.

[-] theamigan@lemmy.dynatron.me 20 points 1 year ago

Duh, we crushed racism after they...shot...Dr. King. Or something.

[-] marco@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

No, it was Obama's election against the massive alt-right backlash.

[-] apis@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

Mmhmm.

Least bad interpretation: they want younger generations to believe black people had as good a time in the US as any other group & from that to blame black people for current position in the socio-economic class hierarchy.

More likely interpretation: they hope to reinstitute chattel slavery, or at least a massive expansion of less intense forms of slavery, don't want as many of the younger generation bothering to resist that & need some to actively support it.

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