By: Becky Goodman

Becky Goodman — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 18:49:39 +0000

I wish I knew how to answer that question or that I thought there was a solution but I’m not feeling particularly optimistic. We are so entrenched in this system that climbing out of this hole seems like it will be really difficult. I think the approach to solving the problem is through systemic change like you said, especially because we have so many curriculum requirements in our primary and secondary education. I think it’s important to note that the people who are creating the requirements, tests, textbooks, teaching the classes, evaluating the teachers, etc. have all come from the system that is disregarding the contributions of people of color. How can we expect them to look at our education with a critical/objective eye when they have all been indoctrinated into the system that they are supposed to be monitoring?

By: Krysta Marie

Krysta Marie — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 18:38:06 +0000

I think your comments about omitting a history that is so relevant and important to be taught, but is still unfortunately, in many cases, omitted from education, gets at what ‘the system’ wants us to know. In a colorblind system, the system wants us to know that ‘we are all equal,’ and the Civil Rights Movement was the moment in time where we became equal and thus talking about race and skimming over these figures and topics is justified because what really matters is something other than this. And realizing how problematic that was for my education, and it seems like, from this post too, yours, I am beginning to recognize it as a source of ambiguity that we do not want to address. Because these figures and their importance could stir up further conversation, they are glanced over, but because we, as a predominantly white education system, don’t have all of the answers, it just doesn’t become a topic of discussion. And that, is just so sad.

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