ouroboros

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that i grew up attending a us public school district that was 1) wealthy, 2) diverse, and 3) began education on african-american history by the time we were in 3rd grade.

it's so easy to take all this for granted when you just assume every other kid in america has access to the same kind of schooling as you. it was easiest to acknowledge the wealth part first; stories about the affects of underfunding on public school experiences aren't hard to come by. but it would take more intense study to measure the longterm sociological affects of being placed in diverse classrooms vs non-diverse, and what are the affects of early race education vs being deprived of that information until someone else deems you old enough to handle it.

i am a white american, who was raised by an anti-intellectual, pro-fascist baby boomer and gen x couple. not only was the content i was presented with in school completely harmless for me, but someone else in my same circumstances could have turned out fucked without it.

so if you ever hear some kind of argument that boils down to "race education scares and hurts white kids", know it is complete and utter bullshit and just a racist's cry for increased fascism in schools.

- no white kids in my elementary school classes were affected negatively by learning about black american struggles.

- people who are trained to teach this content to small children know how to ease them into it, and like all school subjects, the content intensity increases appropriately with age.

- race education being standardized is likely the most broadly effective way to produce children who are self-aware and able to engage critically with the world around them, and it makes a difference for this topic to be introduced sooner than later.

depriving children of basic information about the world and country they live in is what hurts them, and the people who push for schools to censor discussion of race only want to produce a future generation more willing to accept racism and fascism.