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Old 06-19-2023, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by BrianL99 View Post
Yes, I meant 2020.

Why should schools teach "Black History"? History should be color blind.
History wasn't color blind; color had a lot to do with historical events.

Now, if you mean that history should be taught without singling out any particular color, race, nationality, etc, I agree with that. The concern is that it isn't being taught that way. I don't know if that's true. I remember learning about black historical figures as well as white.

I remember learning about positive events as well as negative events. I am sure that there is more history about blacks in America that I could have learned but I am also sure that there is more history about whites (or Asians or Irish or Canadians) in America that I could have learned. I haven't attended a grade-school history class in a very long time so all I know is what I hear on the news and I've learned be skeptical of that.
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