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Texas educator group proposes referring to slavery as “involuntary relocation” in second grade curriculum
- Thread starter fluffydelusions
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Not American but it makes me sick to see what is happening in the US public education system. While not currently working in the field, my background is in education and one of the main shared professional values we have to uphold is a promotion of critical literacy and advocating for social justice and equity. To see that co-opted by white supremacist propaganda and disinformation just makes me so disgusted and infuriated (and gives me a lot of anxiety of this trickling over into my country).
how does that shit hole texas drive the textbook market more than california? we have more people and more kids. california should be wielding their fucking power more if that's the case.
THIS is why these racist fucks' little white kids should feel ashamed. Not cuz some CRT bullshit.
"Black people? Let's call them melanin-induced individuals"
No, no, no.
Lynching is "citizen's justice" and the Tulsa Massacre was "the Tulsa Rebellion" or alternatively "Defending against White Genocide"
there was already so much shit they lied about and whitewashed for us kids back in the 90s I cant imagine how hard schools are gaslighting kids today
Everyone should listen to Rage Against the Machine these days. More relevant than ever and the energy needed right now.
Anecdotally, I think most white people I've spoken to about their ancestry report at least some amount of German, to the point that it almost feels like the "default."
Including myself in this; my paternal grandmother came from a German family.
EDIT: Should add that I've lived in the Upper Midwest all my life, there's definitely a regional bias.
The thing is Texas is so big that they influence the content of many education publishers. Don't be surprised if you see these views in other states. Fortunately California is slightly bigger so their required content also has an influence on publishers.
I'm getting my Master's in Curriculum and Instruction so that ideally I can get into content development and do my little part in preventing that, but I also know that realistically I'm just one person and money talks.
I remember my American History teacher in middle school pass out these types of "books" to the class. He then talked about how America wants us to forget black history, but he wasn't. So, he passed out another book that he paid with his own money and told us that he's forced to pass the text book that "erase" black history language, but he's going to teach us out of the books that talked about true American history.
He was able to do this for 10 years until the school boards kicked him out. Still have that book he gave us in my library.
He was able to do this for 10 years until the school boards kicked him out. Still have that book he gave us in my library.