> I guess my take is this -- Black History, Women's History, Gay History > etc. are all history. From what I've heard, from stories from > teenagers who have attended the Minneapolis Public Schools, is that > there is lots of focus on "multiculturalism" -- and less focus on > historical events like the fronteer (two days on that topic I heard) -- > and the major impact that had on American History. That bothers me -- > I guess maybe this dates me, but when I took American History in 9th > grade, we spent about half the year on the Fronteer. There is much > more to Black History than Martin Luther King. > Just as there is much more to Women's History than the modern wave of > Feminism from the 60s. 19th Century Feminists such as Susan B Anthony > were opposed to abortion for example. I hate to admit my ignorance, > but I don't know what HBCUs are -- and am not totally sure what > Scientific Colonialism means.
It's a question of what is important. Frankly, I don't think the frontier needs half a year. We are taught so little history that the more I read and learn the more I feel like I was lied to in my history classes. We are taught a cleaned-up form of history (history written by the victor) such that any attempt in later years to clarify or correct it is met by a mass of people makign accusations of 'revisionism.' Was the civil war about states rights or slavery? How many high school students can adequately answer this question? _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
