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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are people so afraid of learning the non-White washed history of our country? I get it's ugly and grotesque and hard to imagine that this is the foundation we were built on, but it's accurate and it's untaught. How many of you knew about Tulsa and Black Wall Street until let's say the last 10 years? Most of us didn't, because **we weren't taught the actual history of our country.** We were taught what the throngs of white men decided we should know. This class and others like it are taking a critical look at *actual* history, and *actual experiences* of Black people in our country. If you don't want to learn about it, it's so frickin' simple to not take the class. But it's just as much an "agenda," if not more so, to remove the curriculum entirely than it is to simply let people who are interested take the frickin' class. [/quote]

I'm 54.  I absolutely learned all about the Tulsa massacre in school.  My kids have learned about it as well.  Why?  Because it's a factual part of our history and as such, taught in history classes.  The "queer experience" is something that ALL races experience.  It's not specific to black people, nor should it be taught in history class.  Gender studies?  Sure.   :roll: [/quote]

I’m also in my mid-50’s, grew up in the midwest, have family ties to Oklahoma, and first heard of the Tulsa massacre around 15 years ago.

And what a weird take that the experience of queer black Americans isn’t something to study in an African American history class. Are they black? Yes? Did they have a different experience than straight black Americans? Why is that something to avoid discussing? Are classes also not supposed to mention what black women experienced in terms of rape by white men?

:roll: [/quote]

Is the "queer experience" discussed in any other AP class?  NO?  Then, as previously stated, an AP Gender Studies class could be proposed.  What a weird take that you think only black Americans have experienced these issues.  And even weirder that you think it should be explored in a history class.  [/quote]
It’s not AP African American History, it’s AP African American Studies, which encompasses other subjects.[/quote]

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