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Auggie

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41. Lot smaller. Very red. Always has been.

Reply to we can do it (Reply #36)

Sun Aug 2, 2020, 03:57 PM

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The lies our textbooks told generations of Virginians about slavery [View all] Dennis Donovan Aug 2020 OP

I graduated from HS in VA HAB911 Aug 2020 #1

I wonder what the teacher's reason for that was? brush Aug 2020 #3

It wasn't much of a mystery to the entire class, lol HAB911 Aug 2020 #5

Sorry, maybe it still early. What's the diff between the war between... brush Aug 2020 #7

To us HAB911 Aug 2020 #12

"Civil War" implies that the war was between factions in one country. Mariana Aug 2020 #13

++++ HAB911 Aug 2020 #15

Ok, now I get it. Oops, a light bulb in this room just went out. brush Aug 2020 #22

In the south, most students were taught it was the War of Northern Aggression. yardwork Aug 2020 #11

there you go! HAB911 Aug 2020 #14

That's like calling WWII the "War of British Agression" DBoon Aug 2020 #37

My eighth grade history teacher called it "The War of Northern Aggression" csziggy Aug 2020 #18

Surprised it wasn't AleksS Aug 2020 #26

In Michigan DownriverDem Aug 2020 #27

And generations of white students got a similar version of stories... brush Aug 2020 #2

#blackLivesMatter riversedge Aug 2020 #4

Check this out - Top private schools plan to 'decolonise' syllabuses and reconsider cultures malaise Aug 2020 #6

Is the slave trade covered well in Jamaican schools? JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2020 #40

Not as much as we'd like it but it is covered from our malaise Aug 2020 #42

As a student in Virginia I remember this spin in the 50s/60s Yonnie3 Aug 2020 #8

American history has been largely white washed... Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #9

Many of us were taught versions of these lies. We must confront them. yardwork Aug 2020 #10

Who doesn't remember the 'they were well-treated' tropes sandensea Aug 2020 #16

I Don't RobinA Aug 2020 #19

You're lucky sandensea Aug 2020 #20

I was taught this in Northern Ohio, around 1970 Auggie Aug 2020 #17

Where in Ohio? I grew up in Akron and didn't have this extreme slant. we can do it Aug 2020 #29

Cleveland suburbs (a caucasian bubble) ... Auggie Aug 2020 #32

Sounds like Parma we can do it Aug 2020 #36

Lot smaller. Very red. Always has been. Auggie Aug 2020 #41

It's not just slavery. Texas rewrote textbooks published across the nation to omit the Vietnam war dlk Aug 2020 #21

What has been perpetrated is "beyond words" leanforward Aug 2020 #23

Black scholars attempted to push for "multiculturalism" and curriculum changes BumRushDaShow Aug 2020 #24

The "Virginia History Trip" in the 4th grade was a big deal. ooky Aug 2020 #25

How long ago was that trip? n/t TheRickles Aug 2020 #30

Good question. I was in the 4th grade in 1962. ooky Aug 2020 #35

Like buying a little Nazi flag when visiting the Holocaust sites today...NOT... CTyankee Aug 2020 #33

German neo-nazis use the confederate battle flag as their emblem for that reason DBoon Aug 2020 #38

what does that tell you? CTyankee Aug 2020 #39

The text about Gen. Lee and his horse... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #28

This "polish on a turd" article reminds me of Tom Lehrer BobTheSubgenius Aug 2020 #31

Being the north the institution was treated a bit differently....still sugar coated at times. Historic NY Aug 2020 #34

Holy hell!! nt Duppers Aug 2020 #43