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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So basically you want a school with a “slavery was bad but there were some GOOD slave owners” kinda vibe. [/quote]

Do you know the impact of your protectionist trade policies on destitute African farmers? The role of slave and child labor in global production system benefiting wealthy capitalist countries? Most Americans, even if they wanted to understand their role in the injustices of the world, would find it beyond human comprehension, because it is. Especially when you layer in generational, ancestral and bystander effects. Progress is not made by raging against the human condition including ignorance, imperfection and limitations. Progress is made by the work of many people with many voices in many vocations including economists, physicians, scientists, artists, politicians, historians, lawyers. And the foundation of an education that requires many voices should not be determined by one singular set. Woke perspectives are valuable. Your mission is a good one. But so is one of someone seeking to preserve the ability to digest a plurality of voices, a cornerstone of democracy[/quote]

Huh?[/quote]

+1 That was my thought as well. WTF is she talking and rambling about?[/quote]

https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/september-2002/how-northern-subsidies-hurt-africa

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2019/09/23/costo-moda-medio-ambiente

https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/april-2011/drop-drop-kenyans-struggle-climate-change

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202109/1235240.shtml

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-22-me-11662-story.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/world-cup-built-on-modern-slavery-stadium-workers-blow-the-whistle-on-qatars-cover-up-of-migrant-deaths-1234627582/amp/

And that’s just a 3 min google search.

Should I say with contempt, educate yourself? Be better? Does contempt ever improve anything?

You live in a country where the government is elected by the people for the people *of the United States of America.* On this world stage, that includes you.

You vote with your dollars to support businesses like H&M, Nestle, NBC / FIFA and if not those than others

Does the fact that your government and companies are involved or have been involved in slavery, war crimes, and other atrocities meant you condone it? No. Does your ignorance mean you condone it? No. Are you fighting for your schools to teach it? No. Do you understand how the prices and lifestyles play out in your favor? No. I bet you are 100% against abuse. Just as I am 100% against slavery and injustice.

Do you want to separate out your individual role in this? I didn’t watch the World Cup. I don’t buy Nestle. How many times have I heard people say that? My ancestors didn’t own slaves. My parents came to this country in 1980. There are ways in which I also suffer from oppression. “Yes, but you benefit from the system and need to understand how,” comes the reply. But do you understand how you benefit?

You have dollars. Others have none.

Being woke is good. It is limited. No one can know every way in which they are ignorant. As a result, we need many voices with many perspectives. For that we need a broad society and a broad education including pushing back against those who try to silence others.
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