[GrumpyOldMan]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

No I'm saying I remember learning about systemic racism in the 70's, however I don't remember that we were taught that particular phrase. We learned the subject. It isn't a new subject. It's an important subject to learn. I just don't recall that we called it "systemic racism" and I don't recall that our lessons in school were called "critical race theory."

Sort of like if you learn all about the color blue, but they never mention to you that this color is called blue. You still know all about the color. Just not its official name.

That's all I meant by that.

The point of my post was that these lessons aren't new, and that I'm confused as to why all of a sudden people are against it. Are they also against teaching that the south lost the Civil War? Are they against learning that George Washington was our first president? Are they against learning that blue is a primary color?

I mean - this stuff shouldn't be shocking to anyone. I do have to say that learning about the Tulsa massacre only in the past year or so was sad to me. I should have learned about that in the 1970's too when we were learning about race relations (I believe that was the term we used, as a catch-phrase for the overall topic). It's possible that we were taught about Tulsa and that I merely forgot about it. Our country has been through trauma every which way since its inception. We have been victimized, and we have victimized others. We have had horrific crimes committed against us, and we have committed horrific crimes against others.

How can we learn from our mistakes, if we are ordered not to learn what we did wrong? We MUST know what we've done that was horrible and traumatizing and cruel and unjust, if we are ever to evolve as a society. Those who cannot learn from their mistakes are doomed to repeat them.

Thank you very much for your civil reply. I made a mistake and misinterpreted your post in a negative way.

I appologize.