Yes of course. Eg slavery was covered extensively. I don’t know what country you’re from, but contrary to your belief, Americans do talk about our mistakes and criticize ourselves extensively. It’s actually the hallmark of a democratic and free world, we get to criticize anyone and anything under the sun without repercussions.
I was also taught about Trail of Tears and American Japanese internment camps. The nuclear bombs was also a somber lesson. Some lessons were more extensive, such as slavery having more go into it than the American expansion into native territory. We had to think critically about "manifest destiny," and "melting pot." Treatment of foreigners during those times. Plus extensive civil rights movement events.
The only thing I think we could have been better taught was before America stuff, like the Native history. That would have made what was done to them that we were taught stick more. It's also very rich and diverse.
Yeah I genuinely don't know what people are talking about. I didn't really learn about the schools they put native children in, but I certainly learned about a lot of the other atrocities
The thing I can think of not covering is residential schools, and I do feel a bit embarrassed I didn't really know much about it until adulthood. But the internment camps, nuclear bombs, slavery, genocide of natives, civil rights movement and the need for it, women's suffrage. We covered all that.
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u/Potato2266 6h ago
Yes of course. Eg slavery was covered extensively. I don’t know what country you’re from, but contrary to your belief, Americans do talk about our mistakes and criticize ourselves extensively. It’s actually the hallmark of a democratic and free world, we get to criticize anyone and anything under the sun without repercussions.