Gurl, we must be related, because I have the same sheltering folx. (immediate family and extended). Ya know, the ones who don't want you to see "Roots" because the content makes them upset...
The ones who don't want you to live back in the South because of what happened in the past. (I SO miss the South) I self educated myself, and let me tell you it is an education that NEVER ends
I thank my lucky stars for historians like Carter G. Woodson and John Hope Franklin. I will teach my kids and grandkids because sheltering them creates an adverse affect IMO (my husband didn't learn much of it because he is from Canada)
If you don't learn the history and learn FROM it, it is bound to be repeated
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Originally posted by Steeltrap
Parents need to be responsible, especially when the children are in predominantly white school settings. I'm older than you (Class of 1982), and it wasn't really taught in my suburban school that I was bused to.
I had to self-educate because my folks were of the mind that you shelter people.
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