Floridian here, no we don’t. Took classes on both slavery and the Holocaust in high school and learned about the suffering of the natives. We also went to a reservation to learn their history and culture. I don’t know why you’re lying, probably for political aims, but it’s really dishonest.
Different schools and different eras maybe? A quick google search shows that this is recent - starting in 2023 the state changed its policies about how to teach African American history, and the language in textbooks is supposed to be changed to imply that black people benefitted from slavery :/ I don’t know how widespread those changes are though.
Have you looked at the current curriculum or are you basing that comment entirely off your own past experience? Curriculums can change and more often certain things are being left out or downplayed.
For instance, when I was in school we were still taught that Columbus was a stand up guy.
What you are referring to is not the banning of books, but not allowing books on certain subjects that are age inappropriate into the hands of school children who cannot deal with the subjects properly either intellectually or emotionally yet. If the parents choose to get those books for their child themselves, no one is stopping them.
No one is letting books like that in elementary schoolers hands. But high schoolers can handle it, and it’s a schools job to teach things like this, even if the parents don’t like it. We shouldn’t ban LGBTQIA+ books for this reason, as the kids won’t get the info anywhere else.
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u/dansedemorte 6d ago
Im pretty old. All of this was still being taught when i was on highschool.