WakeBored
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Good Tom Hanks NYTimes column about teaching and representing history.
Tom Hanks: You Should Learn the Truth About the Tulsa Race Massacre
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/opinion/tom-hanks-tulsa-race-massacre-history.html
“How different would perspectives be had we all been taught about Tulsa in 1921, even as early as the fifth grade? Today, I find the omission tragic, an opportunity missed, a teachable moment squandered. When people hear about systemic racism in America, just the use of those words draws the ire of those white people who insist that since July 4, 1776, we have all been free, we were all created equally, that any American can become president and catch a cab in Midtown Manhattan no matter the color of our skin, that, yes, American progress toward justice for all can be slow but remains relentless. Tell that to the century-old survivors of Tulsa and their offspring. And teach the truth to the white descendants of those in the mob that destroyed Black Wall Street.”
I can’t read the full op-ed, but I don’t think anyone on this thread is arguing the Tulsa massacre shouldn’t be taught in schools. The anti-CRT laws certainly don’t prohibit that.