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ashredux

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17. Good idea

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #15)

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 03:29 PM

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Whitewashed and erased': There's a reason Juneteenth isn't taught in schools, educators say [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP

The propaganda surrounding the myth of the "happy slave" isn't a new one Docreed2003 Jun 2020 #1

The "happy slave" mythology is even older than that. thucythucy Jun 2020 #4

I've read that Gone With The Wind was one of those novels, jb5150 Jun 2020 #8

It's gawd awful wryter2000 Jun 2020 #16

"Gone With the Wind" (the novel) is 1920s or 30s. thucythucy Jun 2020 #29

At least one of the characters in GWTW Retrograde Jun 2020 #30

+1, uponit7771 Jun 2020 #7

It isn't just the Texas Board of Education. Lonestarblue Jun 2020 #12

when the school textbook board of kansas chooses textbooks , so goes the rest of AllaN01Bear Jun 2020 #22

Let's use just one course as an example for publishers. Lonestarblue Jun 2020 #25

+1 For a while at historic sites and plantations appalachiablue Jun 2020 #34

You could say some of the slaves were literally family Frances Jun 2020 #2

Sally Hemings wryter2000 Jun 2020 #19

Yup, and by all accounts they looked very much alike obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #26

Growing up i never heard of Juneteenth in school k-12th grade even in college ace3csusm Jun 2020 #3

I only learned of it as an adult wryter2000 Jun 2020 #18

I was never taught it in class... Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #5

Was a time, most all textbooks came from Texas Brother Buzz Jun 2020 #6

I learned about it because the community celebration was in the park across the street caraher Jun 2020 #9

I had no idea what Juneteenth meant lillypaddle Jun 2020 #10

It's a highly important subject and teaching should be more accurate and reality based bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #11

I learned about it in 1971 or 1972. murielm99 Jun 2020 #13

Our textbooks and education kept other secrets, too. JeaneRaye Jun 2020 #14

Tulsa was told to me by a cowork it seem surreal had to do own research ace3csusm Jun 2020 #21

"Roots" needs to be on tv again, IMO, for starters. Ilsa Jun 2020 #15

Good idea ashredux Jun 2020 #17

I remember watching it on TV when i was a kid ace3csusm Jun 2020 #20

I always thought it was Aeshululian comedy that........ jaxexpat Jun 2020 #23

Many years ago my wife spent a weekend in Charleston, SC. bluescribbler Jun 2020 #24

All kids should read The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass MH1 Jun 2020 #27

July 4th Exercise - let's see if anyone at M$Greedia reads this in full malaise Jun 2020 #28

The more things change ... Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2020 #31

K + R Raastan Jun 2020 #33

This is proof that Social Studies in this country often whitewashes history JonLP24 Jun 2020 #32