I read this entire article

Posted by DMV

The very definition of white privilege. The opportunity to object to what you’re being taught in school.


As a black person, we were forced to learn whatever was presented to us. We learned about black people 1 month out of the year and it was always the “safe” stories. MLK, slavery. I was shocked when we took a class trip to see the film Amistad. But black history always started with slavery. That’s it. Nothing before that. Funny, no one objected to that.


The only thing we learned about Native Americans was thanksgiving. I didn’t realize Christopher Columbus and his peers killed off the natives until decades later.


One little minutia about white privilege and people lose their shyt.


I remember history class and the scores of white presidents we had to learn about. One picture after the next hanging up around the class.


Indoctrination?

Posted by DMV

The very definition of white privilege. The opportunity to object to what you’re being taught in school.


As a black person, we were forced to learn whatever was presented to us. We learned about black people 1 month out of the year and it was always the “safe” stories. MLK, slavery. I was shocked when we took a class trip to see the film Amistad. But black history always started with slavery. That’s it. Nothing before that. Funny, no one objected to that.


The only thing we learned about Native Americans was thanksgiving. I didn’t realize Christopher Columbus and his peers killed off the natives until decades later.


One little minutia about white privilege and people lose their shyt.


I remember history class and the scores of white presidents we had to learn about. One picture after the next hanging up around the class.


Indoctrination?

Posted by SoundAndFury

Idk man, all I know is read the Narrative of Frederick Douglass recently and it should be required reading in American schools. I'm sure some schools read it, but mine didn't. It's not only an important text in American history, it's also well written and "entertaining" (entertaining in the sense that it's also written artistically, poetically. It's not just a dry, boring account of his life. It's an amazing story and an extremely important one

Posted by FadedAri

Posted by DMV

The very definition of white privilege. The opportunity to object to what you’re being taught in school.


As a black person, we were forced to learn whatever was presented to us. We learned about black people 1 month out of the year and it was always the “safe” stories. MLK, slavery. I was shocked when we took a class trip to see the film Amistad. But black history always started with slavery. That’s it. Nothing before that. Funny, no one objected to that.


The only thing we learned about Native Americans was thanksgiving. I didn’t realize Christopher Columbus and his peers killed off the natives until decades later.


One little minutia about white privilege and people lose their shyt.


I remember history class and the scores of white presidents we had to learn about. One picture after the next hanging up around the class.


Indoctrination?

The white prep school I went to only gave 1 week for the attention of Black Americans with Roots showing for half that time.😭

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Posted by FadedAri

Posted by DMV

The very definition of white privilege. The opportunity to object to what you’re being taught in school.


As a black person, we were forced to learn whatever was presented to us. We learned about black people 1 month out of the year and it was always the “safe” stories. MLK, slavery. I was shocked when we took a class trip to see the film Amistad. But black history always started with slavery. That’s it. Nothing before that. Funny, no one objected to that.


The only thing we learned about Native Americans was thanksgiving. I didn’t realize Christopher Columbus and his peers killed off the natives until decades later.


One little minutia about white privilege and people lose their shyt.


I remember history class and the scores of white presidents we had to learn about. One picture after the next hanging up around the class.


Indoctrination?

The white prep school I went to only gave 1 week for the attention of Black Americans with Roots showing for half that time.😭

My mom made me watch Shaka Zulu.


Roots was not required reading and it should come on annually like the Ten Commandments

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Posted by SoundAndFury

Posted by DMV

Posted by SoundAndFury

Idk man, all I know is read the Narrative of Frederick Douglass recently and it should be required reading in American schools. I'm sure some schools read it, but mine didn't. It's not only an important text in American history, it's also well written and "entertaining" (entertaining in the sense that it's also written artistically, poetically. It's not just a dry, boring account of his life. It's an amazing story and an extremely important one

I will take you up on that.


Have you read Autobiography of Harriet Tubman. I didn’t even know her real name till my 30s when o read the book.

I haven't, I'll put it on the list to read at some point though


Douglass's account is relatively short, straight to the point, and powerful stuff though, I know that. It's not just an important document in relation to slavery, Douglass himself is an important figure in American history who rose from a slave to an influential writer that became an advisor to the federal government. He really deserves a bigger spotlight than he seems to get. Simply reading the story of his life would have more impact on people than any lecture by a teacher imo

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