I think the biggest disservice that I received from my US Public School education was being taught that the civil rights movement was something from the past.

BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

I think the biggest disservice that I received from my US Public School education was being taught that the civil rights movement was something from the past.

SippyCup@lemmy.world · 18 hours ago

We watched Roots in the classroom, but only the episode where LaVar Burton gets brutalized by a whip for refusing to say his name was Toby.

We also got a foot note about John Brown, I had no idea he was a white guy and one of the coolest motherfuckers to walk this earth until I was an adult.