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Originally Posted by tvbound
"It is infuriating to see our history being erased."
What history is being "erased" and how is it supposedly being done? Refusing to glorify the ugly parts of our country's history (treason from some states and those who led it) with monuments/statues/plaques/etc., is far from erasing history and is in fact simply shining a bright light on it - so that we can learn and not repeat those abhorrent mistakes.
Book banning and the refusal to discuss real race history, are much more of a threat to this country ever reaching its full potential and promise of equality.
The real problem for so many, is that factual history is being revealed/disseminated to more and more people and that is outrageous to them. For instance, how many had been taught, or knew, of the Tulsa Race Massacre - until recent years?
Be assured, that the outrage of changing the name of the largest bedroom in a house to 'owner's suite/primary bedroom' is not a coincidence that it's coming from whites - who would have been historically considered...'The Master's.'
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American schools are ranked 38th in math in the world but surely we should spend more time in class talking about ugly history that can be Googled at any time someone is interested in it.