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[quote=Anonymous]I think many of the people who are really concerned about this issue are not very familiar with modern textbooks, curriculum, educational documentaries, etc.  If you are basing your desire for BHM celebrations on what you remember from your own education, you are out-of-date.  The teaching of history has entirely morphed into a focus on social history, use of primary documents, and a view of events through the lens of oppression.  Please take a look at popular teacher websites: social studies.com, National Center for History in the Schools, Edsitement, etc.  My point is that lessons on the AA experience (and oppression of other groups) is woven throughout the teaching of American history.  Do they learn all of the AA inventors and scientists? Probably not, but I don't think much time is spent on this for whites either.  If they didn't teach about slaves building the railroads of the south, it was because they were busy reading documents about the treatment of the Chinese building the transcontinental railroad.  If your school isn't teaching history this way, it is in the minority now.[/quote]

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