• RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    I learned about this in school and it broke the little trust I had in cops (I was raised sheltered and white). Any lingering trust was broken when I talked to my mothers (now ex) cop friend. Spiteful shitty person she was.

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      23 hours ago

      Most Statesians lose their faith in cops/country in a similar way. There’s a reason US high schools don’t teach recent history. If it’s far enough back like the early 1900’s or 1800’s then you can rationalize it with platitudes like “it was a different time back then” or “we hadn’t evolved as a society yet”. Lot harder to rationalize away when it was only 40 years ago.

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        23 hours ago

        So they no longer teach recent history? Sucks. I think I’m now at an age where I can go terrorize a school board. My mother will be delighted!

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          23 hours ago

          Civic engagement is always good. Some high schools will have some things in the textbooks but class curricula never get that far, preferring to leave off around WWII or the second red scare at latest if they even touch the 1900’s.

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            23 hours ago

            Weird. I know we went up to the then current Desert Storm stuff. Well. Almost current. And watched American History X in class.

            Scarring as it should be.

            Then I remember that was twenty years ago and get very sad.