abagond:There should be a White History Month in America. That way we can teach all about the things
abagond:There should be a White History Month in America. That way we can teach all about the things White Americans have done in history, like:Cherokee Trail of TearsJapanese American internmentPhilippine-American WarJim CrowThe genocide of Native AmericansTransatlantic slave tradeThe Middle PassageThe history of White American racismBlack CodesSlave patrolsKu Klux KlanThe War on DrugsTreaty of Guadalupe HidalgoHow white racism grew out of slavery and genocideHow whites still benefit from slavery and genocideWhite anti-racismThe Southern strategyThe rape of black slave womenCOREMadison GrantThe Indian WarsHuman zoosHow the Jews became whiteWhite flightRedliningProposition 14Homestead ActTulsa RiotsRosewood massacreTuskegee ExperimentLynchingHollywood stereotypesIndian Appropriations ActsImmigration Act of 1924Sundown townsChinese Exclusion ActEmmett TillVincent ChinIslamophobiaIndian boarding schoolsKing Philip’s WarBacon’s RebellionAmerican slavery compared to Arab, Roman and Latin American slaveryHistory of the gunHistory of the policeHistory of prisonsHistory of white suburbiaLincoln’s racism and anti-racismGeorge WallaceFox NewsCointelproReal estate steeringSchool trackingMass incarceration of black menBoston school busing riotsAnd so on. No fear of running out of topics: there is more than one a day! I am sure my commenters can come up with tons more, probably some big ones that are not coming to mind at the moment (I did not list slavery, the abolitionist movement, the civil war, Reconstruction or Lincoln since they are, in fact, covered in history class, however poorly).(via Why there should be a White History Month | Abagond) -- source link