sherry4detroit
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sherry4detroit

The same folks who pushed to teach creationisms in schools because kids need to know about God’s hand in this universe will be the first one with pitchforks fighting this.

Yeah, and I want a pony.

The article isn’t clear, but I assume the bill would require this as a part of their “typical” history class and not part of some separate class. This history needs to be taught within the context of the ‘whitewashed’ history most of us are taught. Also a few suggested topics since the GOP seems to consistently get

Agreed. I think there needs to be a lot more work put into understanding that a) it’s more than the classic handful people know about and b) African Americans weren’t only doing things around the Civil War and Civil Rights eras. Part of why people don’t seem to get how Civil Rights worked is that they seem to think

“But it starts in our schools in educating children properly so they’re able to push back when they hear lies pushed forward about different races of people.”

Definitely in line with what I’ve written or said many times.