Does teaching Holocaust make us hate modern Germany? Does teaching about Pearl Harbor makes us hate modern Japan? Why do they think that teaching black history is exclusively spreading hate?
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Because she wants slaves.
Because they don't see the racist, slave-holding south as a past entity separate from their current reality.
If the federal government weren't stopping them, they'd re-enslave people today. In fact, they have via the prison system. So they don't want anyone closely examining it, hence banning or slowing the subject in schools if they're able.
She probably does hate Japan, but I'll bet Germany gets a pass for some reason 🤔
“We’ve got to get back to the basics of teaching math, of teaching reading, writing and American history,” Sanders said.
This is American history, you dumb racist asshole.
The College Board, who runs the AP program, just needs to yank certification for any state that tries to play this game of cherry picking which courses they "approve" of. You teach them all or you get nothing. Fuck these bigots and their backasswards states.
I hate that now, every time I hear the word 'Sanders', it's the bitch who brought back child labor and not Bernie.
I legitimately thought it was Bernie for a second and my heart stopped, like "oh no he's finally gone senile"
Sucks that he was never POTUS.
Having a legit progressive with executive order power and a touch of crazy would have been awesome.
And it is entirely justified. What the US did and continues to do to black people is appalling.
Aye. Understanding our part is essential - even the bad parts.
That doesn't invalidate my stance that the US is still the greatest country.
But if you are a reductionist, looking for a simple lie, holding those two truths simultaneously is very difficult.
If your idea of the greatest country is one in which you can and probably will be imprisoned through no fault if your own, forced to perform manual labor until it kills you, and if you somehow survive long enough to be released, systematically impoverished in order to force you to steal to survive and thus ensure that you end up back in prison, then I have to wonder what you think goes on in the rest of the world.
Make no mistake, this country is extremely cruel. Living here is terrifying, and I'm not even black.
Per capita, the US has incarcerated more black men than China has Uyghurs.
Why is belief in freedom, fairness, honesty, truth, knowledge, and acceptance of diversity considered hating the US. At the same time some how is authoritarianism, exploitation, lying, manipulation, ignorance, and tribalism loving the US. That is like saying left is right, up is down, dumb is smart, totally bizzare.
That's why they should be taught. If there is hate for a foul past, that's a good thing.
Humanity has bad spots and problems everywhere. Here in the US we throw the expression "greatest country" at the drop of a hat. What is greatness, if not to try to work on our problems as much or better than everyone else is working on theirs?
People that want to wallpaper over our history of mistakes are doing the opposite of making the country great. True greatness is recognizing the problems and working hard to fix them. People like Sanders are the opposite of patriots. She would have us lie about who we are and what we've done, perpetuate our mistakes, and oppose those that want to do the work to actually make us greater.
It’s right to hate hateful things. Perhaps the lesson isn’t to hide from, but instead to fix, the things you hate. Or, maybe she’d prefer not to fix these things after all.
Sarah has not had a single novel idea as Governor. It has been dog whistles and the perpetuation of "owning the libs" that has occupied her time, and bringing in the Department of Education guy (Jacob Olivia) from Florida is a part of it. She should do better.
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