Are we really allowing states to stop educators from teaching history that actually happened & also letting states ban books just because it makes some white people uncomfortable?
@saribethrose Yes, AND barring them from saying the word “gay”. #DeFascist & friends are pushing the companion law “Don’t say gay” and of course you can sue teachers if they do. #FloridaMan #TheSwamp
@saribethrose History that doesn't make us uncomfortable is probably doctored. Our past isn't pretty. We should feel discomfort over the enslavement of others, the mistreatment, and supremacist brutality. This is not fairy tale, but life. It makes the Constitution a rare promise to all.
@saribethrose @pamelar96117829 It’s not as if this the first time in US history White sensibilities took precedence over non white lives. Book banning is terrible, but what about mass incarceration, redlining, property theft, segregation & residential schools for indigenous people?
@saribethrose education has become extremely politicized and politics drive policy on some level unfortunately.