I saw a news story about a teacher introducing students to citizens who were affected by the internment of Japanese-Americans. Several community members, both young and old, were quoted as having never learned about this in school. My reaction to this kind of thing, which I have heard many times before, is usually, "where the fuck did these people go to school where this wasn't discussed at length?" My partner and I were both educated in unremarkable public schools; we remember this well. And I hate history.
I know 'how do we teach students about bad things the country has done' is a topic of some political sensitivity. My question: are people being sincere? Is it reasonably possible that there are Americans who weren't taught about this? Do there really exist districts that don't include this in the curriculum? Or are people just forgetting (mostly forgivable) or exaggerating their ignorance for social media points?
Submitted May 28, 2023 at 05:29AM by quintk https://ift.tt/0f45sUw
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