As is the norm for Steve's Commontary stories, there are two. In this case racism and the debate about how history is taught and mindreading.
The mindreading part is often assumptions based upon monolithic views of tribes. George went straight to "right-wing" where once someone's ideological tribal affiliation is assumed he "knows" what t…
As is the norm for Steve's Commontary stories, there are two. In this case racism and the debate about how history is taught and mindreading.
The mindreading part is often assumptions based upon monolithic views of tribes. George went straight to "right-wing" where once someone's ideological tribal affiliation is assumed he "knows" what they think about all things. Or so the mind readers think.
As for history and how it is taught, it can be taught honestly without venom or shame. Slavery is so ancient that God tells people how to treat their slaves in the bible. It wasn't invented in the Americas.
If you want to teach about trans-Atlantic slave trade, teach it all. It tapped into the existing trans-Saharan slave trade where humans were purchased from Africans who had captured people from other tribes. In the Americas there were black people who owned slaves. The native Americans had been taking slaves from other tribes before Europeans arrived and they took slaves from them. If not for the venomous "slavery was a white thing so white people are evil" take on it would there be a debate?
Hell yes, slavery is horrible, and it hasn't gone away. Racism is horrible in its mindless unfairness. But why go racist and make it all about one race being evil. Of course, there will be a fight about that. If you honestly want it taught honestly, you've got to participate in the honesty.
As is the norm for Steve's Commontary stories, there are two. In this case racism and the debate about how history is taught and mindreading.
The mindreading part is often assumptions based upon monolithic views of tribes. George went straight to "right-wing" where once someone's ideological tribal affiliation is assumed he "knows" what they think about all things. Or so the mind readers think.
As for history and how it is taught, it can be taught honestly without venom or shame. Slavery is so ancient that God tells people how to treat their slaves in the bible. It wasn't invented in the Americas.
If you want to teach about trans-Atlantic slave trade, teach it all. It tapped into the existing trans-Saharan slave trade where humans were purchased from Africans who had captured people from other tribes. In the Americas there were black people who owned slaves. The native Americans had been taking slaves from other tribes before Europeans arrived and they took slaves from them. If not for the venomous "slavery was a white thing so white people are evil" take on it would there be a debate?
Hell yes, slavery is horrible, and it hasn't gone away. Racism is horrible in its mindless unfairness. But why go racist and make it all about one race being evil. Of course, there will be a fight about that. If you honestly want it taught honestly, you've got to participate in the honesty.