@[email protected] to Anarchist Memes @lemmy.ml • 11 months agoOne of the reasons they only teach whitewashed history at schoolmedia.kbin.socialimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down149cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.15Karrow-down1imageOne of the reasons they only teach whitewashed history at schoolmedia.kbin.social@[email protected] to Anarchist Memes @lemmy.ml • 11 months agomessage-square62fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@RememberTheApollo_link19•11 months agoYou were quietly taught that armed black people were scary. That’s what they wanted you to remember, not what they armed themselves for.
minus-square@Cookiesandcreamcloudslink6•11 months agoUgh… this just makes me feel all sorts of awful. I struggle to find the exact words.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months ago“Lied to” are two good ones. Just remember it is not your fault. Society has so deeply propagandized Americans over the years that I don’t know if it’s even possible to fix it.
You were quietly taught that armed black people were scary. That’s what they wanted you to remember, not what they armed themselves for.
Ugh… this just makes me feel all sorts of awful. I struggle to find the exact words.
“Lied to” are two good ones.
Just remember it is not your fault. Society has so deeply propagandized Americans over the years that I don’t know if it’s even possible to fix it.