>"School children need to have the Klan *interpreted* for them. I mean, if
>not, there would be no stopping point.
But they also have to read the literature first hand, in order to see
THROUGH the code. Through my years in high school, my campus was littered
with pamphlets from various neo-nazi/white
supremacist/anti-gay/anti-whatever groups. What if i had simply been blindly
taught that these groups were wrong in the past, and never been given the
tools to know why? Then i pick up their literature, and it all seems
reasonable to me, and i'm an easy target. Kids must be taught the truth
about these people, and learn to read between their lies in order to really
not buy into them. They need to understand the whys and wherefores and not
just blindly know that they are wrong, because that leaves them open for
conversion.
In large Jewish populations, i know that it's pretty much customary to show
all Junior High students "The Wave." It's this film of a class of students
who's teacher teaches them class pride to the extent that they will not talk
to anyone from another class and are willing to hurt their friends if they
don't go along with the movement. At the end, the teacher tells them that
this is now Hitler got his troops. It's not well filmed, and i think it
loses kids that way, but the message is clear and pertinent to kids of that
age. If you don't know what you need to watch out for, you'll be easier
prey.
Emma.
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