jumpingjacktrash:actjustly:Day 11 of #BlackHistoryYouDidntLearnInSchool - Ruby BridgesI recognize th
jumpingjacktrash:actjustly:Day 11 of #BlackHistoryYouDidntLearnInSchool - Ruby BridgesI recognize that some of y’all learned about Ruby Bridges in school, so did I. But in school, I didn’t realize how difficult and harsh the conditions were for Ruby Bridges. I wasn’t taught that there were crowds each day threatening her, that her family was ostracized and lost their land and jobs, that she received death threats while in school. Some of the black history we learn in school is downplayed. The fact that Ruby Bridges attended an all-white school is radical and important. I want people to know that. We went over it in history class as if it was nothing and that to me is inexcusable. That is how much of my education about black history in school has gone and I’m not for that. My twittermy school downplayed the awfulness of it, probably so as not to give us nightmares. i think that was well-intentioned, but i also think it was a mistake. -- source link
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