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    1. Conor Friedersdorf‏Verified account @conor64 6 Mar 2020

      This piece from a fact-checker of The 1619 Project says her advice was ignored on a key claim that spurred push back from historians, then goes on to say something I'd like to know more about:https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/06/1619-project-new-york-times-mistake-122248 …

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    2. Conor Friedersdorf‏Verified account @conor64 6 Mar 2020

      The author writes, "Overall, the 1619 Project is a much-needed corrective to the blindly celebratory histories that once dominated our understanding of the past—histories that wrongly suggested racism and slavery were not a central part of U.S. history." My question:

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      Conor Friedersdorf‏Verified account @conor64 6 Mar 2020

      My 1980s Catholic school education did treat slavery and racism as central parts of U.S. history. Was it outlyingly good or typical for its era? And are there "blindly celebratory" textbooks anywhere today? If so, where, and which ones?

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        1. Conor Friedersdorf‏Verified account @conor64 6 Mar 2020

          I'm prepared to believe that there are, but I keep hearing about blindly celebratory curriculums without anyone ever flagging any actual textbook or syllabus.

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        1. The H2‏ @TheH2 6 Mar 2020
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          My 1980s education in Georgia damned sure didn’t blindly celebrate slavery.

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        1. Ryan Self‏ @ryan531F 6 Mar 2020
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          My 1990s public school education in the South (West Texas) had slavery and racism as central parts of US history with stories of children our age and what it was like to grow up black in a certain era. It wasn’t celebratory.

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        2. James Withers‏ @JamesWithers3 6 Mar 2020
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          Was it late 80s or early? My public high school education was late 70s/early 80s. Slavery and racism were not treated much in US history. There was an elective in African-American history, mostly taken by black students.

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        3. Conor Friedersdorf‏Verified account @conor64 6 Mar 2020
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          I started kindergarten in 85, gradated high school in 98

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        1. Real Kelly E‏ @realkellye 6 Mar 2020
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          You're starting at 1980, the quote above could be referencing a time before that and even after.

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        1. Amanda Smithfield‏ @asmithfield 6 Mar 2020
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          Took APUSH in 1988. Taught that slavery was one reason for Civil War, but main reason was States’ Rights. You’ve probably read this recent piece by the Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/12/us/texas-vs-california-history-textbooks.html …

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        2. EdReal‏ @Ed_Realist 6 Mar 2020
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          The APUSH test goes into considerable details about the brutality of slavery, and tests on slavery in New York. It makes it clear that the South left because of slavery, that the North fought because of states rights. Non APUSH classes don't even mention states rights, as a rule.

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        3. EdReal‏ @Ed_Realist 6 Mar 2020
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          History classes do *not* treat reparations as "serves them right" but as a political problem, like it or not. No one celebrates slavery. It's stupid. It is true that history classes don't treat the US in its entirety as villainous, and it does treat the Civil War as a sad thing

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        1.  🌐  🗽 🧦 Acerimusdux  🧦 🗽  🌐‏ @acerimusdux 6 Mar 2020
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          My mid-80s books in NY put a lot of emphasis on slavery and civil rights struggles. But we also learned that blindly celebratory histories *were* common in the 1st half of the 20th century. And one still today can encounter the myth that the civil war wasn't mainly over slavery.

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