Susan Rice wrote a book in 1986 saying black history should be taught in schools

[VerbalIntercourse]

yea and see the thing about that is.......youre fukking black u fakkit

Online maybe I'm black, if that at all.

but not in the real world.

 

[No_bammer_weed]

i'm not trolling at all. I don't want our children to learn a bunch of falsehoods.

what about asian history? my grade school was 40% Asian and we never learned anything about the history of South East Asia.

I thought that we were all tribal savages (except for cambodia) until white people arrived.

we have a very rich history in south east asia, and it was hidden. but black people got a school convention assembly, weeks of movies and guest speakers. Whatever.

we never even learned about the early asian immigrants and the racism they faced.

First of all, you did an about face from your first post. Second of all, dont try to invoke a zero-sum card as a cover for your other intentions. I fail to see how an awareness of Black history, is discriminatory in design to an awareness and enlarging of potential Asian-American curriculum.

 

[Robbie3000]

i'm not trolling at all. I don't want our children to learn a bunch of falsehoods.

what about asian history? my grade school was 40% Asian and we never learned anything about the history of South East Asia.

I thought that we were all tribal savages (except for cambodia) until white people arrived.

we have a very rich history in south east asia, and it was hidden. but black people got a school convention assembly, weeks of movies and guest speakers. Whatever.

we never even learned about the early asian immigrants and the racism they faced.

Listen here fukk boy, it's black history not African history that she was advocating for. Black American history idiot, it's much different than African History which would be part of a World History course.

 

[Thebadguy]

off topic ,anyone know if miss rice is married to whom & if she has kids

 

[Type Username Here]

I am going to ask an honest question here:

Am I the only one that grew up learning about Black History and Achievements in American History through my school years?

I know I live in a very diverse area when compared to other parts of the country but I am honestly asking this. Black History was a key component of my public education, even outside of "Black History Month".

Just wondering.

 

[88m3]

I am going to ask an honest question here:

Am I the only one that grew up learning about Black History and Achievements in American History through my school years?

I know I live in a very diverse area when compared to other parts of the country but I am honestly asking this. Black History was a key component of my public education, even outside of "Black History Month".

Just wondering.

Care to give some examples?


Personally Ill have to think about it for awhile but nothing really jumps out at me.

 

[Robbie3000]

I am going to ask an honest question here:

Am I the only one that grew up learning about Black History and Achievements in American History through my school years?

I know I live in a very diverse area when compared to other parts of the country but I am honestly asking this. Black History was a key component of my public education, even outside of "Black History Month".

Just wondering.

I went to Atlanta Public Schools so yeah, Black History was integrated in the curriculum. But I don't think my younger brother who went to high school in the burbs after we moved, got the same type of exposure. Especially in Lit, they weren't exposed to black writings like Hughes, John Wright etc. As I was.

 

[Type Username Here]

Care to give some examples?


Personally Ill have to think about it for awhile but nothing really jumps out at me.

I learned about a lot of it. Some I can look back and say it was white washed, some of it I don't think it was.

I mean as an immigrant, I knew who Dr.King was and did before I knew what the hell a founding father really did. Corny as it sounds, Dr. King was presented to be as the quintessential American, and it made a big impact on me.

In high school my English classes always focused some time on works and contributors to the Harlem Renaissance. Had to read Autobiography of Malcolm X and To Kill a Mockingbird as a senior. Slavery was discussed in an explicit manner, as well as Jim Crow and Civil Rights.

In fact, the topics that were most glossed over involved treatment of Natives.

But again, I grew up in a VERY diversified area.

 

[Type Username Here]

I went to Atlanta Public Schools so yeah, Black History was integrated in the curriculum. But I don't think my younger brother who went to high school in the burbs after we moved, got the same type of exposure. Especially in Lit, they weren't exposed to black writings like Hughes, John Wright etc. As I was.

Yea, it has to be it because I was exposed to all those writers in my English Classes. It was never presented to be as "set aside" time allotted to African Americans, but presented as quintessential contributions to American Literature. Even in my University classes this has been true.

 

[Broke Wave]

Susan Rice is a stupid shrill bytch and would make a terrible Sec of State. Just my opinion brehs

 

[Type Username Here]

Susan Rice is a stupid shrill bytch and would make a terrible Sec of State. Just my opinion brehs

People are protecting her because it's the old American way of picking one side of the political fight and "defending" it no matter what.

What Rice did after Benghazi should be scrutinized. It either shows a massive military intelligence failure or deliberate lying by someone. The problem is, since the Republicans don't really care and are doing it just for political strong arming, the other side can't been seen as questioning their side.

This is a defense of Obama by proxy. Nothing more, nothing less. Just like her Republican grilling is nothing more than an attempt to go after the President.

 

[Broke Wave]

People are protecting her because it's the old American way of picking one side of the political fight and "defending" it no matter what.

What Rice did after Benghazi should be scrutinized. It either shows a massive military intelligence failure or deliberate lying by someone. The problem is, since the Republicans don't really care and are doing it just for political strong arming, the other side can't been seen as questioning their side.

This is a defense of Obama by proxy. Nothing more, nothing less. Just like her Republican grilling is nothing more than an attempt to go after the President.

She was wrong on the Benghazi issue but IDK if its THAT big of a deal, what really left a foul taste in my mouth was her loud speech at the U.N. which was pretty disgusting. She sounded really angry and it was actually painful to my ears in the auditory sense; she just has an unpleasant bytchy vibe. The classy way to do it woulda been like "The United States doesn't support unilateral actions blah blah blah company line" instead of trying to show how much of a bytch you are by giving that benign speech.

 

[IGSaint12]

Yea, it has to be it because I was exposed to all those writers in my English Classes. It was never presented to be as "set aside" time allotted to African Americans, but presented as quintessential contributions to American Literature. Even in my University classes this has been true.

I think it depends largely where you grew up and the english or history teachers that influence the subject matters you are taught. My past is similar to yours in that I also learned about black history and it wasn't presented as separate from american history but interwoven. I grew up in new york though so that is a factor i'm guessing.

People who live in large homogeneous white areas are probably not taught much about black history and it's place in american history.

 

[Strapped]

I'll type silent on this I have nothing good to say

 

[tru_m.a.c]

I went to Atlanta Public Schools so yeah, Black History was integrated in the curriculum. But I don't think my younger brother who went to high school in the burbs after we moved, got the same type of exposure. Especially in Lit, they weren't exposed to black writings like Hughes, John Wright etc. As I was.

Yea, it has to be it because I was exposed to all those writers in my English Classes. It was never presented to be as "set aside" time allotted to African Americans, but presented as quintessential contributions to American Literature. Even in my University classes this has been true.

I think it depends largely where you grew up and the english or history teachers that influence the subject matters you are taught. My past is similar to yours in that I also learned about black history and it wasn't presented as separate from american history but interwoven. I grew up in new york though so that is a factor i'm guessing.

People who live in large homogeneous white areas are probably not taught much about black history and it's place in american history.

aaaaaah and here were the answers I was looking for

the geographical location plays a huge role in the subject matter

so it goes without saying, you can't change the subject matter without changing the ppl who teach the material

I just like pointing that stuff out, because yet again, we have evidence that shows that as Americans "we are not in this together." The biases and ignorance of our citizens create a natural divide amongst us. But instead of being able to face those realities, we allow politicians to run on this "my opponent it trying to divide us as a nation rhetoric."

And its complete bullshyt that totally prevents us from dealing with our issues.