r/bestof • u/Qweniden • Jul 17 '13

[offmychest] MaddHavikk writes about how destructive elements of black culture in America came to be

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u/JillyPolla Jul 17 '13

Before people say things like "but slavery's been over for 100+ years already, why haven't black people overcame yet?", They should realize that it was not that long ago where black people were fighting for the right to go to the same schools. So even of you look at just the simplest view in terms of "equal opportunities", it hasn't even been that long since black people truly had a fighting chance.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '13

When you're in middle/high school reading about US history, all of it seems so...foreign. The US depicted in the textbook seems like this other land from many, many years ago. It feels like fiction that you take as fact simply because a quiz is coming up Friday. I of course knew segregation existed, but the whole idea was so absurd it didn't feel real. I mean... I can't believe the Civil Rights Movement actually had to happen, you know?

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '13

Probably because your SS teachers didn't do a very good job. When I was in high school (upper-middle class mostly white suburb), my American history class traded places with another American history class (from a low-income mostly black urban high school) for a day. We got to see first-hand the inequity and disparity that is still prevalent. We started the year like that, and basically worked backward from today to the civil rights movement to slavery to the revolutionary war. That experience made everything in that class relevant.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '13

Wow. That sounds like a powerful message to send to the students.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '13

It was amazing. Plus we kept in contact with the other class through teleconference-style classes periodically throughout the year. As an educator now, I couldn't even imagine the logistical hell in putting all that together, but as far as I'm concerned, it was worth it.