it’s not hate, it’s human rights and history.
q: what does that word mean?
a: a fear or dislike of China, or its people or culture
if there was space, i would include:
Gaza genocide under apartheid Israel supported by US funds and weaponry … Discussion of this genocide is being actively repressed through student visa revocation, anti-BDS laws and more. (Likewise to the post, being pro-Palestine is NOT antisemitism.)
more reading:
Wikipedia: List of United States atrocity crimes
Wikipedia: Native American genocide in the US
Wikipedia: Persecution of Uyghurs in China
I wouldn’t say we’re not censoring the indigenous genocide. Having worked in education as a researcher, I’d say most K-12 programs actively avoid the topic (in large part because textbooks tend to get approved first by Texas, then others follow–long story as to why. But suffice to say they don’t exactly like the dirty truth in Texas).
I guess that’s not censorship so much as indoctrinating the youth? Is that really better?
Is this a modern (past 20-30 years) trend, or did I just get insanely lucky with my school teaching us about stuff like the Trail of Tears as a kid?
We covered it heavily when I was in Texas public schools in the 90s.
I went to school in Oklahoma and we learned about the Trail of Tears and the burning of Black Wall Street. I don’t think they were highlighted like they should have been. It wasn’t visceral. But the facts were taught.
I can’t imagine that happening now there.
So the thing is this is mostly a matter of which texts your school purchases. Since the leader in purchasing (at least when I checked a few years back) was Texas’ board, publishers tend to prioritize what they require. There are usually alternatives and teachers have (or had?) some autonomy on this, but many are pretty neutral because why would you go out of your way to research these things?
Anyway, currently we also have an abundance of book banning and the politicalizarion of the PTA so it’s probably even worse right now. Also, Trail of Tears is like the token indigenous atrocity story, kind of like how a text will have 3 paragraphs on MLK to cover all of the civil rights movement.
That’s what I thought too re: it being a token thing, but my spouse who grew up in a blue state suburb didn’t even get that!
fully agree! take my upvote for exposure and apologies for not having quite enough room in the meme for the full nuance :)
Of course, a memes a meme! At least college usually covers the truth as best it can, hence why folks like DeSantis are targeting universities mostly, not K-12. But as you say… for now.