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[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

I'm sure that the events you've listed are known to the people of those countries or they are at least interested in knowing more about them. Not learning about or discussing your country's history just because you didn't personally have an experience is crazy to me.

Those events happened in the United States of America.

I learned about those events without the assistance of my K-12 public school education.

When it comes to pieces of history that have received at least a moderate amount of attention (books, research, media depictions, conversations), I always wonder "where have you been/why don't you know" when I talk to Americans who have lived in America for a substantial amount of time and are relatively unaware. There is plenty of American (and world) history that has always received minimal coverage, so you have to work harder to learn about it. The history of racial and ethnic minorities (and various European ethnicities), particularly Black/African-Americans, in this country has received way more than minimal coverage.

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Those events happened in the United States of America.

I learned about those events without the assistance of my K-12 public school education.

Oops...I admit that I didn't really read, just saw Chinese and Japanese. I do remember reading about the Irish. I'll have to look into the others, I love to do research.