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 Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:49 pm
Ehh did you all know that before Africans were brought into slavery they had universties, and the first person to do open heart surgery was African American, person who created peanut butter.....African American. There are so many more then the three I said, yet schools refuse to show that, I hate the school distrcit for it, ya they show a little bit of slavery and civil rights and I am happy about that, but they really need a to make African American history a course in school, I'm sure they have that in college but in none of the school in my district have that, the only way we can learn those things is joining black scholars and frankly not many people have the grades to make it there. I believe we should have our own history, our people's culture and past is great and had a major influence on America. I'm not gonna say all the conspiracys I may believe but that is a truth that needs to be heard.
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:09 am
In the public school district in my small town comprised of mostly white people and a smaller population of a wide range of ethnicities, in the farm state of Ohio, (yes, you should consider each of those factors), everytime Black History Month rolled around, we studied black history, including the inventions and successes of black and African Americans.
I'm curious to know where you learned much of your black history facts if not from school...?
Teachers currently make a lot less money than they deserve. To add to that, the economy is still suffering in some states and schools are cutting back and proposals to get more money for schools are failing. Could schools that are already struggling afford to hire the extra staff it might take to have a black history class?? Especially considering the following:
It is a nice idea to offer Black History as a course in school and perhaps within a few years after being introduced, the course might not cause so much friction between students, but if you have a course on just Black American history, why not one focusing on "just" Hispanics/Latin Americans or "just" Asian-American history?? Why not a class that concentrates soley on white European culture even more than most history classes already do?? neutral
I think that on the college level, students are better suited to handle having Black history classes simply because they have, like you, BlackDiamond9, gone through the regular history courses in elementary through highschool and have decided that they want to know more. That's why college is sometimes referred to as "higher learning," "continuing education," etc. You go to college because you want to know MORE. Elementary through highschool gets you started, gets you asking questions and hopefully makes you want to go out in the world and find out more about what interests you.
Granted, forcing all people to learn about the history of cultures other than their own could make everyone more well-rounded, but, as everyone has seen on Gaia, it can also make kids and adults alike bitter and spiteful, sometimes to the point where they make threads to talk about "how the lazy black people abuse welfare programs."
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:53 pm
I'm also from a small town, but in Indiana, so we didn't talk about African Americans at all. Though there is a small unit on MLK in 9th grade english, and when we're really young, 4th grade or so, they mention Booker T Washington..
Though, I love my 12th grade english teacher, because she had us read Richard Wright's works, and Malcolm X's "My first Conk". She did this to rebel :p
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:38 am
My school had African American Literature and African American History, the Literature class failed, it lasted only 1 semester and though the History class is still going you have to realize not EVERYONE wants to know MORE so if schools take the risk and create these classes and it costs them money etc. and it fails, theyre ot going to keep trying, your just going to have to be content on what you are offered until we get more people who are actually INTRESTED enough to learn these things and whatnot...yeah..
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:58 pm
Where I'm at, history is mostly from a white man, or European's point of view. So, we only study events deemed "important" (A.K.A., the events that helped shape America, even though it was world history). Its a shame that the only time we ever study African history, its about slavery. I want to know about Africa before the slave trades with Asia and Europe, back in Africa's golden days. And I would like to point out that it is way easier to name countries in Europe than Africa because in American education standards, Europe is studied way more. Hey, now I get why there is a black history month. rofl
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Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:36 pm
I get my black history from the things my parents researched and I researched in the library. I glad civil rights is talked about in the books but the truth is that there is a great possiblity that some of these creation made back in the 1800's were made by slaves(especially made by for improving farming) because slave owners didn't care if the work was hard, they just wanted it done you know, and seeing how african americans couldn't sell with there name on the bottom, their owner took it and placed it under their name
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