still? That’s actually really surprising. Not sure if that’s more of a whitewash or more of a greenwash. Like maybe the teachers are racist idiots, but maybe they know and just like the tradition and want to give the kids something fun to do that feels good in a dark world. I don’t think greenwash is the right term for that, but yeah.
I know a couple teachers that teach younger kids, I’ll have to ask what they do.
I don’t know what the existential results of teaching them their country is based on slavery and genocide. History for children is just as much about mythology as anything.
I would be willing to bet that whatever the Germans teach it isn’t some version of “and the jews were so happy that they piled into the trains and camps.”
They still teach the bullshit Thanksgiving story in most schools in the US.
still? That’s actually really surprising. Not sure if that’s more of a whitewash or more of a greenwash. Like maybe the teachers are racist idiots, but maybe they know and just like the tradition and want to give the kids something fun to do that feels good in a dark world. I don’t think greenwash is the right term for that, but yeah.
I know a couple teachers that teach younger kids, I’ll have to ask what they do.
I don’t know what the existential results of teaching them their country is based on slavery and genocide. History for children is just as much about mythology as anything.
Maybe some Germans can answer this question.
I would be willing to bet that whatever the Germans teach it isn’t some version of “and the jews were so happy that they piled into the trains and camps.”
One of the benefits of being occupied after a war is you’re taught the history. It’s what the Union should have done in the South.
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