Black Education / Schools : American Students Aren't Learning The Full Truth About Slavery

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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All I can do is

American Students Aren't Learning The Full Truth About Slavery


Rebecca Klein
HuffPost

... American students are being taught an inadequate and often sanitized version of history when it comes to slavery, according to a new report.
The report, from the Southern Poverty Law Center, looks at how slavery is presented in K-12 classrooms and found that students are often taught a deeply incomplete version of events ...


https://www.yahoo.com/news/american-students-aren-apos-t-162918015.html

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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All I can do is

A teacher allegedly had black students lie on floor for slavery lesson, sparking outrage

MORGAN WINSOR
Good Morning America

... Cummings, who is reportedly white, allegedly had black students lie on the floor. At one point, the New York Daily News reports, she allegedly stepped on the back of at least one of the students and said, "How does it feel? See how it feels to be a slave?" ...

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/teacher-allegedly-had-black-students-lie-floor-slavery-181703713--abc-news-topstories.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_14

PHOTO: Scene in the hold of the 'blood-stained Gloria.' (Middle Passage). (Corbis via Getty Images)

 

[chuck]

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All I can do is

A teacher allegedly had black students lie on floor for slavery lesson, sparking outrage

MORGAN WINSOR
Good Morning America

... Cummings, who is reportedly white, allegedly had black students lie on the floor. At one point, the New York Daily News reports, she allegedly stepped on the back of at least one of the students and said, "How does it feel? See how it feels to be a slave?" ...

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/teacher-allegedly-had-black-students-lie-floor-slavery-181703713--abc-news-topstories.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_14

PHOTO: Scene in the hold of the 'blood-stained Gloria.' (Middle Passage). (Corbis via Getty Images)

OMG

 

[chuck]

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All I can do is

A teacher allegedly had black students lie on floor for slavery lesson, sparking outrage

MORGAN WINSOR
Good Morning America

... Cummings, who is reportedly white, allegedly had black students lie on the floor. At one point, the New York Daily News reports, she allegedly stepped on the back of at least one of the students and said, "How does it feel? See how it feels to be a slave?" ...

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/teacher-allegedly-had-black-students-lie-floor-slavery-181703713--abc-news-topstories.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_14

PHOTO: Scene in the hold of the 'blood-stained Gloria.' (Middle Passage). (Corbis via Getty Images)

OMG

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

OMG

OMG is right, there are just some things we don't have words for.

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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Teaching Hard History

Schools are not adequately teaching the history of American slavery, educators are not sufficiently prepared to teach it, textbooks do not have enough material about it, and – as a result – students lack a basic knowledge of the important role it played in shaping the United States and the impact it continues to have on race relations in America

Download the report.

Teachers can access resources on teaching American slavery at: www.tolerance.org/hardhistory. The resources are offered to educators at no cost.

https://www.splcenter.org/20180131/teaching-hard-history

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[shaka64]

I am not sure it is wise to try and teach the truth about slavery to today's youth in school. I remember the effect Roots had on all schools in New Orleans. Black youth and teenagers jumped on white kids and gave teachers hell for a few weeks.

 

[Hermetic]

I am not sure it is wise to try and teach the truth about slavery to today's youth in school. I remember the effect Roots had on all schools in New Orleans. Black youth and teenagers jumped on white kids and gave teachers hell for a few weeks.

I think your fears may have some validity, since there will be a certain percentage of the students who may take the history as an excuse to act out their frustration on others. I would hope that they took it as I did, a reason to out smart White children. Unfortunately, it is hard to turn negative responses to emotions into positive actions. Still in the end, the truth needs to be known and expecting a government funded organization to disseminate the truth is an exercise in futility. I think we would probably be better off making sure our children know the true history from us (their parents and elders).

 

[chuck]

I think your fears may have some validity, since there will be a certain percentage of the students who may take the history as an excuse to act out their frustration on others. I would hope that they took it as I did, a reason to out smart White children. Unfortunately, it is hard to turn negative responses to emotions into positive actions. Still in the end, the truth needs to be known and expecting a government funded organization to disseminate the truth is an exercise in futility. I think we would probably be better off making sure our children know the true history from us (their parents and elders).

I wholeheartedly agree with your wise advice as well!!!!!

 

[chuck]

OMG is right, there are just some things we don't have words for.

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True that too!!!!!