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byronius

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53. 'Prequel' by Rachel Maddow is blowing my mind right now.

Mon Jan 8, 2024, 08:01 PM

Jan 2024

Such a powerful book, full of things I’ve never read before — and I read a lot of history.

Gotta struggle to raise my bar.

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My general ignorance of our own sordid history continues to astonish me. [View all] kairos12 Jan 2024 OP

It's hard to know about every despicable event in our history. Elessar Zappa Jan 2024 #1

I didn't know about Tulsa until maybe 12-15 years ago underpants Jan 2024 #2

never heard about tulsa untill a sis and read it on du. AllaN01Bear Jan 2024 #24

I found out about Tulsa on DU, too. CrispyQ Jan 2024 #29

its fascinating how in school we are told one thing but the minute we leave school we find out its totaly different, no? AllaN01Bear Jan 2024 #37

Which is why soldierant Jan 2024 #58

Same here. I heard a story on NPR underpants Jan 2024 #44

I didn't know about Tulsa until I read about it on DU. Niagara Jan 2024 #42

I think about the same time I heard a story on NPR underpants Jan 2024 #43

... Niagara Jan 2024 #47

Like others, learned of Tulsa at DU. PufPuf23 Jan 2024 #57

I agree ismnotwasm Jan 2024 #3

I didn't know tinymontgomery Jan 2024 #4

They are still trying to hide it from you today Farmer-Rick Jan 2024 #5

America has a lot to be ashamed of John Shaft Jan 2024 #6

Could it be that Butterflylady Jan 2024 #8

Anybody familiar with the Opium War understands why our streets are saturated with fentanyl Ponietz Jan 2024 #11

A grim assessment John Shaft Jan 2024 #13

And it's ongoing malaise Jan 2024 #35

You are not alone. MLAA Jan 2024 #7

I had the same reaction a couple of years ago after moving to rural TN 70sEraVet Jan 2024 #9

Ditto elleng Jan 2024 #10

Yeah, I hear ya. Biophilic Jan 2024 #12

Racial covenants for housing discrimination are still on the books across the country, NPR, 2021 appalachiablue Jan 2024 #32

Good grief. Thanks for the additional information. Biophilic Jan 2024 #38

A People's History of the United States hibbing Jan 2024 #14

This Poiuyt Jan 2024 #23

+1000. Me too mountain grammy Jan 2024 #25

Same here. llmart Jan 2024 #40

Native Americans were treated pretty badly here in California Raine Jan 2024 #15

It went on long after Spain controlled it. bluesbassman Jan 2024 #28

Very true. We know more about what Spain did to them here in California Raine Jan 2024 #36

I hate seeing those missions which are now sanitized tourist attractions Merlot Jan 2024 #30

Every Native American tribe was treated badly ExWhoDoesntCare Jan 2024 #50

Genocide in northwestern California : when our worlds cried PufPuf23 Jan 2024 #55

Thanks for the info & the link. 🙂 nt Raine Jan 2024 #56

Yeah. When you first encounter this bit of history Voltaire2 Jan 2024 #16

and this is what is reported et tu Jan 2024 #19

Part of the problem with the teaching of history, and other subjects, in public school is trying to compress hundreds of Lonestarblue Jan 2024 #17

Sure, there could be more history courses. But that ain't the problem. Voltaire2 Jan 2024 #51

If today's "conservatives" have their way ... Martin Eden Jan 2024 #18

this AllaN01Bear Jan 2024 #20

Don't be hard on yourself. LoisB Jan 2024 #21

ca foregin miners tax AllaN01Bear Jan 2024 #22

Followed by the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1924 Voltaire2 Jan 2024 #52

And IF IT WAS DONE BEFORE, THERE IS PRECEDENT! Bluethroughu Jan 2024 #60

Wilmington's Lie by Zucchino is the book to read Sneederbunk Jan 2024 #26

I've lived most of my life in MA, but visited Wilmington a few years ago to visit relatives who had moved there. TheRickles Jan 2024 #27

If you are white you haven't lived through it. demosincebirth Jan 2024 #31

I had never heard of the 1923 Rosewood Massacre till the movie 'Rosewood' came out in 1997. sop Jan 2024 #33

Teaching American history at public school level has always been a joke. Scruffy1 Jan 2024 #34

a peoples history of the united states. by howard zim a free ebook. AllaN01Bear Jan 2024 #39

This has been the plan behind the dismantling of our public education system for the last 60+ years Scalded Nun Jan 2024 #41

It's all been very confusing, ever since Columbus discovered America.. Permanut Jan 2024 #45

This kind of thing should be aired on TV during Black History month. All Americans should know about this kind of westen Jan 2024 #46

Reading "Bury My heart at Wounded Knee " which was published in 1970. efhmc Jan 2024 #48

David Zucchino won the 2021 General Non-Fiction Pulitzer ExWhoDoesntCare Jan 2024 #49

'Prequel' by Rachel Maddow is blowing my mind right now. byronius Jan 2024 #53

Gaza enid602 Jan 2024 #54

Yep, when I read about that about a couple decades ago... Bluethroughu Jan 2024 #59

Which is why the history curriculum needs to be changed RocRizzo55 Jan 2024 #61