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I think the biggest disservice that I received from my US Public School education was being taught that the civil rights movement was something from the past. (lemmy.world)
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[–] 33 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

It is very much ongoing.

Also, not being taught that the civil war and slavery and all that shit was fucking EVIL

Edit: I grew up in the south

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    It is mind boggling to me that someone, in the 21st century can say: "oh yeah, owning human beings like property, that's a-ok!"

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I'm an older millennial- in the 90s they were legit telling us "some slaves had it really good"

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    We watched Roots in the classroom, but only the episode where LaVar Burton gets brutalized by a whip for refusing to say his name was Toby.

    We also got a foot note about John Brown, I had no idea he was a white guy and one of the coolest motherfuckers to walk this earth until I was an adult.

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