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For instance, if you go to teach the Renaissance, you will be accuse of Eurocentrism and too much focus on white men and European culture. [/quote]

There is always going to be someone screaming about something.

But like it or not, we live in the Western World, which comes out of Europe, ergo, the history of the culture and society we live in, regardless of what our ethnic heritage may be, is Western, and was born in Europe. I fail to see what the problem is if you teach kids about the origins of our society going back to the Ancient Greeks and their democracy, moving through the Renaissance and what drove Europeans to end up in the Americas in the first place, what they found here, what happened when they met with the people already here, and what transpired up until the present day. That's called having an appreciation for the society where you live and must function.

The problem with failing to teach history out of a fear of upsetting someone is that it tends to repeat itself. And no one wants that (I hope).

To the other PP: I have not yet seen any Bible thumpers in DCPS. I know they are out there in other places, but they have not come here yet. [/quote]

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