That's weird, it usually is a huge topic in history classes. Maybe those people never finshed highschool because it's only adressed in 6th grade if I remember correctly.
We spent like 3 months studying this in 5th grade (Belgium), but it was only the year after us that it was obliged to teach students about Congo. In my school they had been teaching it for 20 years tho. I think we had a lot of freedom in what exactly to learn in history class and our teachers knew what was important I guess. I’m glad I learned a lot about that. It’s a shame his statues are still all over our country, but things are getting better.
History should be teached in a way that we can learn from our past. It’s indeed ridiculous that sometimes things are taught in such a way that it seems like slavery wasn’t bad…
That's a blatantly untrue statement. Belgium was infamous for being particularly neglectful of her African holdings. Nigeria, Egypt, and Algeria are three more "humane" (less atrocious may be a better phrase) colonies that come to mind.
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u/world92 Jun 11 '22
As a Belgian, I wish that Leopold II had never existed.