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To: SilentZ who wrote (491641)	6/29/2009 8:30:17 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574794

"A seriously whitewashed version of American history is taught in public schools." Part of the problem is that they didn't even go that far in the past. With that as a touchstone, they are going overboard now.

To: SilentZ who wrote (491641)	6/30/2009 3:48:16 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574794

I don't get what you mean. Who doesn't learn about slavery and the injustices brought upon Native-Americans? We spent so little time on those things... I remember learning about the Trail of Tears and I didn't really come away thinking of it as much more than an isolated incident. And as far as slavery goes, we spent a bit of time on it, and we learned about the Underground Railroad, the Emancipation Proclamation, but not much else. A seriously whitewashed version of American history is taught in public schools. And if you went to school in a northern state, the North was as pure as the driven snow and the South was all bad.