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That's an, uh, extremely suspect phrasing there, school textbook (infosec.pub)

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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you really expect middle school public education teachers to explain genocide and ethnic clensing to eight year olds?

"The European colonists forced the native population off of their land" is plenty understandable to a small child

Weren't you allowed to believe pilgrims and Indians cam e together for Thanksgiving for a few years of your childhood?

I was also allowed to believe that gay people wanted to rape me and that farm animals live long happy lives out in meadows. Who the fuck benefits from children being lied to?

[+] Smokeydope@lemmy.world -11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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[–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

can’t remember being a troubled one themselves have to say

I can remember it, the lies I was told as a child have turned me into a very cynical adult who has serious issues trusting anyone about just about anything...

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I appreciate your input, and I apologize for dogpiling. Not telling your daughter what happened to her is absolutely the right choice, but I do not think it's equivalent to instilling disinformation about the treatment of native populations in the Americas. Omitting the awful particular details is good, no child should know what rape and murder are, but we aren't just doing that—we're teaching our kids that "it's fine actually, the settlers and the native populations were best friends!" It contributes to a widespread ignorance of the New World's history well into adulthood.