Education

The woman who said she was taught only “feel good history “ in school, like Columbus discovered America and George Washington chopped down the cherry tree.

It does kids today a huge disservice - IMO - to gloss over the painful truths in our nation’s history. Why is the fear of making them “uncomfortable “ so pervasive?

One teacher said most of her incoming students never heard of Jim Crow laws. I think that stuff needs to be taught.

That said, perhaps reading a more contemporary book on racism as well as TKAM and compare and contrast racism in America then and now. Nothing wrong with making kids think about things like this and understand where it came from.