Education advocates who have spent years fighting for parents to "have a voice" and "a seat at the table" were never really talking about *all parents*
As usual, it gets twisted that because you disagree with this toxic cancer infecting every segment of our society, you are somehow “racist” or against teaching about the complexities, nuances, and bad episodes of our history. That is BS. I, like the author, am against racial essentialism - that’s it. People may happen to be certain races but that should have nothing to do with how we evaluate them as friends, students, employees, etc
I just really don't understand why you are so angry? Why is teaching about American history (ie slavery) a bad thing? Slavery was abolished on December 6, 1865. Black men couldn't vote until February 3, 1870. Women couldn't vote until August 18, 1920. These are facts. Do you really think these things didn't have an impact on how our country is formed? How many generations does it take to eliminate the hated and vitriol thrown at Ruby Bridges in 1960? The people that were there, yelling and screaming at a small child are likely still alive. They were just "concerned parents" in their time. Do you really think they went home the next day and taught their children that black people should be treated like human beings? Or do you think they held onto their disgust and hatred, teaching that to their children instead. What year do you think racism was suddenly "fixed" in this country? What year do you think everybody clapped their hands and said "yep, alright guys, no more racism!" When do you racist people stopped being elected into our government? I'd really love to know. You have this wild view of history that is black and white. It is time to see all of the shades in between.
As usual, it gets twisted that because you disagree with this toxic cancer infecting every segment of our society, you are somehow “racist” or against teaching about the complexities, nuances, and bad episodes of our history. That is BS. I, like the author, am against racial essentialism - that’s it. People may happen to be certain races but that should have nothing to do with how we evaluate them as friends, students, employees, etc
I just really don't understand why you are so angry? Why is teaching about American history (ie slavery) a bad thing? Slavery was abolished on December 6, 1865. Black men couldn't vote until February 3, 1870. Women couldn't vote until August 18, 1920. These are facts. Do you really think these things didn't have an impact on how our country is formed? How many generations does it take to eliminate the hated and vitriol thrown at Ruby Bridges in 1960? The people that were there, yelling and screaming at a small child are likely still alive. They were just "concerned parents" in their time. Do you really think they went home the next day and taught their children that black people should be treated like human beings? Or do you think they held onto their disgust and hatred, teaching that to their children instead. What year do you think racism was suddenly "fixed" in this country? What year do you think everybody clapped their hands and said "yep, alright guys, no more racism!" When do you racist people stopped being elected into our government? I'd really love to know. You have this wild view of history that is black and white. It is time to see all of the shades in between.