Books relating to the stories and histories of Black people and other marginalized groups are increasingly being banned by schools and even the federal government.
We were shown Roots in high school, and given a stern brow-beating as if we had personally overseen the slave trade (all-white high school/community). Then they told us to act like racism was solved for everyone’s good. It was… all fairly confusing.
We saw it in high school but. That was like it. We saw it, took a test. I don’t remember any brow beating. The takeaway I had was “wow they did not spend any time on future generations”.
We were shown Roots in high school, and given a stern brow-beating as if we had personally overseen the slave trade (all-white high school/community). Then they told us to act like racism was solved for everyone’s good. It was… all fairly confusing.
We saw it in high school but. That was like it. We saw it, took a test. I don’t remember any brow beating. The takeaway I had was “wow they did not spend any time on future generations”.
They couldn’t have you thinking ALL racism was bad.