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Peter Vecsey said:Posted in 2012
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Texas public school Textbooks now refer to African slaves as "immigrant workers"
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BrothaZay said:
Yes, we did. Would you like proof?
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I don't necessarily disagree with the bolded but to what point does it start to hold us back? To me it seems like the vast majority of us is still begging for a seat at the table.
It is true. The victor will give history from his perspective. Mexicans teach their kids to "play the game" while providing their true history at home like "Chicano! The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement" passing down oral history and traditions like dia de los muertos (ancestor worship, Africans used to honor ancestors before colonization) instilling pride and promoting group economics and community building. That's why they still want to take California, Arizona, and Texas back til this day
Some blacks do it to but not enough. I remember when Tuscon Arizona School District did a ban on Mexican American books (in a place thats 40% + Latino) and stigmatized the program saying that it caused "racial insensitivity" to Whites. Cultural pride is important for success start at the 6:25 mark maybe the 4:40 mark to gain a better perspective.Keep_It_Hip_Hop_Fam
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http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/04/living/mcgraw-hill-slavery-textbook-mom-complaint-feat/
McGraw-Hill to rewrite textbook after mom's complaint
By Melonyce McAfee, CNN
Updated 1902 GMT (0202 HKT) October 4, 2015
Houston-area mother Roni Dean-Burren calls a McGraw-Hill textbook's characterization of slavery "erasure."
Story highlights
Roni Dean-Burren took to Facebook last week to vent her frustration over the wording of apassage in her son's "World Geography" textbook that calls African slaves "workers" and "immigrants."
"The Atlantic slave trade brought millions of workers ... notice the nuanced language there. Workers implies wages ... yes?" she wrote.
Dean-Burren's post gathered a lot of attention; a subsequent video sparked spirited feedback and had drawn 1.4 million page views on Facebook as of Sunday.
McGraw-Hill heard the outcry, reviewed the section and concluded that the wording doesn't live up to the publisher's standards.
"We believe we can do better," McGraw-Hill posted on its Facebook page Friday. "To communicate these facts more clearly, we will update this caption to describe the arrival of African slaves in the U.S. as a forced migration and emphasize that their work was done as slave labor."
The edits will appear in the online version of the book immediately and will be included in the book's next printing.
"This is change people!!! This is why your voices matter!!!" Dean-Burren posted on Facebook.
Read: New AP U.S. history teaching framework released after controversy
Still, some believe the changes aren't enough and are asking the publisher to recall existing versions of the book and replace copies for schools that can't afford to buy new books.
"Thanks for the gesture, but that doesn't help the school districts that can't afford to purchase new textbooks!" reads one comment on McGraw-Hill's Facebook post. "Kids will continue to read the same incorrect & inconsiderate information for probably the next 5-10 years! There must be a better way!"
Others say the publisher's revised language still plays down the horrors of slavery.
"Forced migration? I believe the words you're looking for are kidnapped and stolen," wrote a commenter.
'Erasure is real'
In the video, Dean-Burren reads from a section called "Patterns of Immigration," which gives snapshots of how various ethnic groups arrived in the Americas.
"The Atlantic slave trade between the 1500s and the 1800s brought millions of workers from Africa to the southern United States to work on agricultural plantations," she reads. "So it is now considered 'immigration.' "
Another passage describes the arrival of Europeans who came to work as indentured servants "for little or no pay."
"So they say that about English and European people, but there is no mention of Africans working as slaves or being slaves," Dean-Burren says. "It just says we were workers."
Dean-Burren called McGraw-Hill's characterization of slavery in the passage "erasure."
"Erasure is real y'all!!! Teach your children the truth!!! #blacklivesmatter"
Dean-Burren's son Coby, a ninth-grader at Pearland High School south of Houston, originally brought the textbook's language to her attention.
Texas has been a battleground in the fight over changes to textbooks that some say concede too much ground to conservative viewpoints on subjects such as climate change, religious liberty and slavery.
McGraw-Hill to rewrite textbook after mom's complaint
By Melonyce McAfee, CNN
Updated 1902 GMT (0202 HKT) October 4, 2015
Houston-area mother Roni Dean-Burren calls a McGraw-Hill textbook's characterization of slavery "erasure."
Story highlights
- A McGraw-Hill "World Geography" textbook calls slaves "workers"
- A Houston-area mother complained about the language to the publisher
- McGraw-Hill will change the wording in future printings
Roni Dean-Burren took to Facebook last week to vent her frustration over the wording of apassage in her son's "World Geography" textbook that calls African slaves "workers" and "immigrants."
"The Atlantic slave trade brought millions of workers ... notice the nuanced language there. Workers implies wages ... yes?" she wrote.
Dean-Burren's post gathered a lot of attention; a subsequent video sparked spirited feedback and had drawn 1.4 million page views on Facebook as of Sunday.
McGraw-Hill heard the outcry, reviewed the section and concluded that the wording doesn't live up to the publisher's standards.
"We believe we can do better," McGraw-Hill posted on its Facebook page Friday. "To communicate these facts more clearly, we will update this caption to describe the arrival of African slaves in the U.S. as a forced migration and emphasize that their work was done as slave labor."
The edits will appear in the online version of the book immediately and will be included in the book's next printing.
"This is change people!!! This is why your voices matter!!!" Dean-Burren posted on Facebook.
Read: New AP U.S. history teaching framework released after controversy
Still, some believe the changes aren't enough and are asking the publisher to recall existing versions of the book and replace copies for schools that can't afford to buy new books.
"Thanks for the gesture, but that doesn't help the school districts that can't afford to purchase new textbooks!" reads one comment on McGraw-Hill's Facebook post. "Kids will continue to read the same incorrect & inconsiderate information for probably the next 5-10 years! There must be a better way!"
Others say the publisher's revised language still plays down the horrors of slavery.
"Forced migration? I believe the words you're looking for are kidnapped and stolen," wrote a commenter.
'Erasure is real'
In the video, Dean-Burren reads from a section called "Patterns of Immigration," which gives snapshots of how various ethnic groups arrived in the Americas.
"The Atlantic slave trade between the 1500s and the 1800s brought millions of workers from Africa to the southern United States to work on agricultural plantations," she reads. "So it is now considered 'immigration.' "
Another passage describes the arrival of Europeans who came to work as indentured servants "for little or no pay."
"So they say that about English and European people, but there is no mention of Africans working as slaves or being slaves," Dean-Burren says. "It just says we were workers."
Dean-Burren called McGraw-Hill's characterization of slavery in the passage "erasure."
"Erasure is real y'all!!! Teach your children the truth!!! #blacklivesmatter"
Dean-Burren's son Coby, a ninth-grader at Pearland High School south of Houston, originally brought the textbook's language to her attention.
Texas has been a battleground in the fight over changes to textbooks that some say concede too much ground to conservative viewpoints on subjects such as climate change, religious liberty and slavery.
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who is that??
Nikeata Thompson! She's a dancer/choreographer who grew up in Germany
Perfect example of why threads like this need to be in the root
No offense but Penn State sucks
Lol. Pennsylvania is one of the most racist states in America.Breh its unreal how lost some of these brehs are. This country is evil... Except the institutions that he attended. You know cause racism is a southern thing and Pennsylvania isn't know for racsim
Why do you think i had the get the fukk out of there and move to NYC the moment I graduated from PITT?
I negged that fuccboi....these type of threads show a lot of posters true colors.
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Nah it needs to be told so history doesn't repeat.
If lions had books, they'd kick the lion hunter's ass.
Oh yeah, and negged.
MajorVitaman
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Breh its unreal how lost some of these brehs are. This country is evil... Except the institutions that he attended. You know cause racism is a southern thing and Pennsylvania isn't know for racsim
You don't know Pennsylvania ...
But for the OP cacs have been re writing history since ancient Greece nobody should be surprised. This is why we need to start investing in our own schools
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I do know. It's racist as fukk.
MajorVitaman
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Didn't realize the sarcasm. My bad