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Schools should stop teaching US history until they can get it right
Duluth News Tribune ^ | August 27, 2020 | LaShawn Ford and Charles V. Frederick

Posted on 10/07/2022 10:22:28 AM PDT by Fiji Hill

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1 posted on 10/07/2022 10:22:28 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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Hmm, thought most public K12 schools had stopped teaching actual History. /s


2 posted on 10/07/2022 10:24:36 AM PDT by cranked
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Schools should stop teaching US history until they can get it right

we should stop sending children to public schools, until they can get right.

3 posted on 10/07/2022 10:26:20 AM PDT by PGR88
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"This action is not an effort to erase history. But, the dominant majority culture has to realize the effect that the current telling of history has on a people,"

Anyone remember the english writing rule for the qualifier "but"?

Yeah. The author wants to promote an ignorance/re-writing of history.

4 posted on 10/07/2022 10:27:25 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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We own the history.


5 posted on 10/07/2022 10:28:14 AM PDT by jobim
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I don't know if I'm on the same page as the authors of this piece, but I would like to see some changes in how history is taught.

Of central importance would be explaining

the role of the Democrat Party in the spread of slavery before the Civil War,
the opposition of the Democrats to the waging of the Civil War,
the foundation of the KKK by the Democrats after the Civil War,
the imposition of Jim Cow by the Democrats in the 20th century,
the opposition to desegregation by the Democrats in the 20th century,
and the destruction of black families by the Democrats' Great Society legislation.

And perhaps most importantly the tremendous advances experienced by blacks under President Donald Trump, Republican

6 posted on 10/07/2022 10:28:24 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
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Hideously ignorant on a massive scale. There are so many things wrong in this thinking that it would take a book to refute. Obviously, something is broken in education given this guy’s opinion.


7 posted on 10/07/2022 10:30:53 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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Hey Hey Ho Ho Western Civ Has Got To Go!


8 posted on 10/07/2022 10:33:25 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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The most liberal schools are producing the most racist, America hating, communist, anti religious, indoctrinated and illiterate graduates. That’s what democrats want.


9 posted on 10/07/2022 10:34:43 AM PDT by robel
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Public schools MUST teach REAL American history—NOT the bogus “1619” “antiracism”!!!!

And they MUST celebrate Columbus Day and Thanksgiving—NOT “Indigenous Day” and “Day of Mourning”!!!!


10 posted on 10/07/2022 10:39:48 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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The thing is, now on YouTube there are so many great History channels with content that is very objective and informative, mostly free of bias (although of course you can never totally do away with bias)


11 posted on 10/07/2022 10:42:01 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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LaShawn has spoken....


12 posted on 10/07/2022 10:48:56 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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We have two different opinions on what correct history is. So we should send woke families to woke schools.


13 posted on 10/07/2022 10:49:34 AM PDT by lurk (u)
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Until they can get it right? They have no intentions of teaching actual US history.


14 posted on 10/07/2022 10:49:43 AM PDT by mikelets456
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I didn’t read any of the article, but an author is LaShawn.
Let me guess, more white devils are evil?


15 posted on 10/07/2022 10:51:04 AM PDT by EEGator
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History of the kkk.
History of Margret Sanger.


16 posted on 10/07/2022 10:53:13 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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He’s an Illinois politician.

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17 posted on 10/07/2022 10:57:14 AM PDT by Mears (.)
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I imagine that “getting it right” means pushing false history.
1612 Project, anyone?


18 posted on 10/07/2022 10:57:45 AM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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I have been spewed with this BS about all of the public school teachers purchasing supplies for their students for virtually my entire life.

The truth is that at least in my area, Teachers make a darn good living. They do not work nights, week ends, holidays, Summers, and they get 1 week out of 10 off during their 180 day work year. They rarely spend 7 hours at work, and God forbid if it snows out. Their pensions are fantastic as are their health and other benefits.

I rarely hear about just what these ‘supplies’ are that they buy. What some erasers, chalk, pencil sharpeners, crayons? It is all crap. Around here they threaten to strike, or they do strike at regular intervals. You know, for the children.

Public Schools are one of the biggest scams going in this country. Half the kids graduate and are unable to read. This is especially true in urban areas. I went to an urban area public school. I pretty much was reading before I entered the First Grade. By my teens I was completely bored with school, but I would read novels and history books. Most of my peers to this day have likely never even read a book. They seem to watch something called Kardasians and they give interviews to Mark Dice that make me cringe.

19 posted on 10/07/2022 10:58:12 AM PDT by Radix
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Enslaved people built our young nation and made possible an economy that would throw off the control of the most powerful country then on earth, Great Britain.

The contributed, to be sure.

So did the other 95% of the population.

20 posted on 10/07/2022 11:10:49 AM PDT by marktwain
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