You learned about concentration camps of Europe in school before learning about chattel slavery in America.
Should have corrected myself, but I'll let the fools (not you
) get their daps off of it
I learned about chattel slavery when I was about 8 and the holocaust about 10-11. The setting was very different because I was directly concerned. At an age where I was only concerned about Yu-Gi-Oh and Dragon Ball, being the only black kid in the classroom with 30 white classmates and a white teacher, who I could feel weere all staring at me during the lessons to see my reactions, I didn't know how to feel really. I felt ashamed and uncomfortable so lil me processed it very differently. Now that I'm older I see that I tried to distance myself emotionally.
Plus it was taught in a very matter of fact tone on some "it's over anyways, old times". Slaves were not given a voice and everything was described through the eye of the enslaver. Another story altogether when it comes to the Holocaust who was a huge part of the program, had videos, testimonials, documentaries, movies, guests...
So at 10 I learned at the same time about the Ku Kux Klan and neo nazis. The teacher made us look them up on the internet so it wasn't no soft version. Plus we had for the first time literature about slavery and I visited Gorée Island in Senegal the same year. Had first racist experiences that year too. That's when the reality of slavery and racism really hit me and innocence left for real. shyt started to build up and I wasnt feeling well. Combined with Holocaust stories and the climate I evoked in my first post and you got lil 10 years old me crying in the bed asking dad why men were so evil.