US PUBLIC EDUCATION HISTORY CLASS: And today kids, we are going to learn about all of the native indians, the Southwest Indians, the plains indians, AND the forrest indians. Are you excited to learn about all the indians that were here, kids?
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Question to American comrades: How are the genocides of native Americans and ~~Lebensraum~~ manifest destiny being taught in American schools? What does the average American know?
I remember being taught that it was just their desire to expand to the Pacific Ocean, they believed it was their god given destiny. Big focus on that. I don't recall a lot of all of emphasis on how it impacted the natives.
I learned Christopher Columbus would chop the hands off of indians that didn't follow orders, and we wiped out 95% plus of their population
But I went to school in California. Unfortunately, other states can teach their version of history
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I'm convinced all the people saying that America doesn't teach what happens to the Indians (besides the first Thanksgiving) stopped paying attention in history class after elementary school.
My education I got in Ohio was abysmal about this shit. Most of it was just review after elementary. And I say that as someone who would read the textbooks cover to cover.
A people’s history of the US was probably pivotal for me properly turning left, didn’t find it until well afterwards though.
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That is not true in my case. We learned about various massacres and the trail of tears, ect. Of course that was at a time when you actually studied history.
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