Another Attempt at Book Banning

fractalmstr
Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:52:49 +0000

Good example of why we need to know about and understand the corners of our history which aren’t as bright and shiny and “good” as our whitewashed history would have us believe.

Do you believe native american schools teach their students a completely unbiased version of history? Or do you think there is some inherent saltiness and half-truths in it regarding white Americans?

When I was in grade school, I certainly didn’t feel I was being taught a pro-white version of history. I was taught white people were horrible in almost every way imaginable – they invaded Indian occupied land in NA, kept slaves, were involved in colonialism, Viking barbarism, etc, etc, etc. In fact, I honestly can’t remember one instance where white people were actually portrayed positively.

To be fair, I grew up in the 80s/90s, so perhaps the curriculum had evolved somewhat from when (I presume) most people here attended school.