I recall very little of what I was taught in school, just that the United States had been at war with itself and the North won. I remember nothing about slavery.
My first introduction to the topic of slavery was watching Gone With the Wind. The dresses and opulence of Tara were a smokescreen to the atrocities of the enslaved. The closest the moviemakers came was when an elderly Mammy complained of a “misery in my back.”
When the U.S. Government is paying for children’s education they get to decide what’s taught. Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen is an excellent exposé on the school textbook industry’s rewriting of American history.
Remnants of the Confederacy belong in a museum, IMHO.
That's just plain sad. Those beliefs are fueling the attack on DEI and it's not going to end well for anyone. Thanks for speaking up, Jon.
I"ve missed you, Rosie! I think about you every day.
I recall very little of what I was taught in school, just that the United States had been at war with itself and the North won. I remember nothing about slavery.
My first introduction to the topic of slavery was watching Gone With the Wind. The dresses and opulence of Tara were a smokescreen to the atrocities of the enslaved. The closest the moviemakers came was when an elderly Mammy complained of a “misery in my back.”
When the U.S. Government is paying for children’s education they get to decide what’s taught. Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen is an excellent exposé on the school textbook industry’s rewriting of American history.
Remnants of the Confederacy belong in a museum, IMHO.
I can't even remember what I was taught to believe. It takes a lot of unlearning to get to the root of it! Thanks for being there Johnny!