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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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I am really concerned with book banning. One book frequently banned by conservative groups is "Beloved" by Toni Morrison. Scholars say one of the reasons Morrison’s books in particular are controversial is because they address dark moments in American history that can be uncomfortable for some people to talk about. Beloved, for example, is inspired by the true story of an enslaved woman who killed her daughter in 1856 to spare her from slavery. Morrison tried to convey the trauma of the legacy of slavery to her readers. That is a violent legacy. Her books do not sugarcoat or use euphemisms. And people have trouble with that. Banning a book like this does not protect kids in any way, it just sanitizes racism.