https://contemporaryracism.org/157363/black-history-in-the-u-s-is-more-than-a-month/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Fri, 13 Dec 2024 02:10:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://contemporaryracism.org/157363/black-history-in-the-u-s-is-more-than-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-1338 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 02:10:35 +0000 https://contemporaryracism.org/?p=157363#comment-1338 I completely agree with your argument as I, too, think our education system is failing future generations. I had an experience where my institution glossed over parts of US history and even censored certain parts of our curriculum. It is really disappointing, especially seeing how white institutions educate their students on Black History Month but very much at a surface-level.

]]> https://contemporaryracism.org/157363/black-history-in-the-u-s-is-more-than-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-1298 Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:53:16 +0000 https://contemporaryracism.org/?p=157363#comment-1298 I definitely agree that the education system, itself, fails students by not providing them with nearly enough information about racism and the battle for Civil Rights. However, I do not think that we must rely on a spontaneous change in the education system. If parents make an effort to intentionally converse with their children about Black History Month and its significance, future generations would have the opportunity to know and ask questions about slavery and how racism prevails in society today.

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