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<blockquote data-quote="Kettriken" data-source="post: 76372949" data-attributes="member: 425969"><p>I think we're in big trouble. Some parts of the US get a decent accounting of this civil war, other areas not so much. I hope that it is better these days, but there has been a concerted effort in the south to not truly present the horror of slavery to school students. If kids truly understand, then the plight of southern slave owners can be used to see how this could happen, similarly to how we study run of the mill Germans for how they could have supported Nazis. However, if they were never taught how bad it was, then history books such as the one we're discussing only serve to reinforce their prejudice. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The U.S. government has yet to do any such thing, though individual states and church entities have apologized for Native American residential schools. Knowledge of forced residency schools for native children is spotty. It certainly was not taught when I was in school. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Looks like you all have some good curriculum. I'd be interested in watching that movie you referenced. I wouldn't say that something like that isn't taught in any US schools. Twenty years ago you'd have needed to take a high school U.S. history or Advanced Placement test to see something along those lines, if that. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what you're referencing here. The "left" as it were is becoming culturally more dominant, so education will reflect that. The confederate pollution is not so neo. Perhaps I shouldn't have used that term. They've been at that for the last century, at least.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kettriken, post: 76372949, member: 425969"] I think we're in big trouble. Some parts of the US get a decent accounting of this civil war, other areas not so much. I hope that it is better these days, but there has been a concerted effort in the south to not truly present the horror of slavery to school students. If kids truly understand, then the plight of southern slave owners can be used to see how this could happen, similarly to how we study run of the mill Germans for how they could have supported Nazis. However, if they were never taught how bad it was, then history books such as the one we're discussing only serve to reinforce their prejudice. The U.S. government has yet to do any such thing, though individual states and church entities have apologized for Native American residential schools. Knowledge of forced residency schools for native children is spotty. It certainly was not taught when I was in school. Looks like you all have some good curriculum. I'd be interested in watching that movie you referenced. I wouldn't say that something like that isn't taught in any US schools. Twenty years ago you'd have needed to take a high school U.S. history or Advanced Placement test to see something along those lines, if that. I'm not sure what you're referencing here. The "left" as it were is becoming culturally more dominant, so education will reflect that. The confederate pollution is not so neo. Perhaps I shouldn't have used that term. They've been at that for the last century, at least. [/QUOTE]
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