• Didros@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Alternative history is taught all the time everywhere. I was shocked when I worked in a school to hear the teacher telling kids about Columbus “discovering” America. When in reality he was put on a pedestal in response to anger against Italian immigrants. They needed a national hero to be treated better. You know, because they were not white.

    …maybe there is a connection point of everything we don’t teach…

    • Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I am sure incorrect history is being taught in many places but I was talking about the 1619 project being taught in schools. It just seems like a manufactured political outrage.