In our society there is always going to be the question of discrimination. I would not have expected this to ever come into play with our history books, but to my surprise it has. When I think back to the days when I was learning history in school, I never once considered the books “favoring” a certain side. I just enjoyed the stories of our ancestors and enjoyed learning about the lives people once lived.
After reading the article by Samuel Taylor, I find it absurd that schools are changing their history text books to fit their needs. Such as the almost 92 % black school rewriting their textbooks to be African American perspective. In my eyes, this is rejecting American culture and babying students. It is significant that students to learn ALL about American history which includes all cultures..
The “Pithissippi Burning” and “ Why Multicultural is Wrong” we see the exemplification of hate and unnecessary categorization. In our world today, there is to much hate. For me personally, I do not understand where the hatred come from...is it from an individuals personal life? their family? their home? This hatred in turn is extended toward others and that is why we see the increase in crimes/murders.
On the other hand, we also see unnecessary categorization of cultures. For example: if someone has two mexican parents, the child is born mexican, but if the child is born in the United States....the child is an American citizen. People judge very quickly and easily and would assume this person is Mexican before finding out the truth.
I have seen the effects of diversity within the classroom, even as young as 5 years old. When I see this happen, it makes me feel that the child sees this from their own parent. This saddens me because I know their example is not the best in the world.
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