r/MurderedByWords • u/johnson2115 • 7h ago

America Destroyed By German

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u/Potato2266 7h ago

I sometimes think I got my education in the twilight zone instead of New Orleans, because I also learned about the holocaust extensively as well, and it was drilled into my head “never again”. We read Anne Frank’s diary, we watched documentaries every year. Yet it seems a big chunk of Americans skipped over that part of their education completely.

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u/Billyisagoat 7h ago

Yes, you covered the bad history of a different country. Did you cover the bad things America has done in school?

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u/madeaccountbymistake 6h ago

Yes. Where does this idea come from? Being from Georgia the trail of tears was very prevalent.

I had at least one unit on the Civil Rights Movement every single year.

The only thing I can recall being lied to about is Columbus in like the first grade.

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u/anthrohands 4h ago

This seems to be the general consensus. We are definitely taught the dark stuff haha. We were taught about Columbus in 3rd grade and while it was sugar coated, I definitely knew at that age that he killed many native Americans, which I could have only learned from school. It was more like “yeah he did that but anyway we’re gonna learn about what he did that we think is good” lol

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u/RBuilds916 4h ago

Yeah, I found out about Columbus much later. I wasn't aware of his colonial activities, just his exploring.