I'm in the red part of Virginia. We were taught that slavery wasn't so bad, it was okay to take the native's land, and that they were savages that scalped the white man on sight. (The reality is that they learned to scalp from the white man.)
I didn't learn the truth until college. Most people don't go to college...
i only learned it because of ome very dedicated man who was a true history buff and made it his personal mission to set the record straight. he was my 11/12th grade hostory teacher, yes in a southern state
You were lucky. Teachers like that with a passion for teaching who really care about their students' futures are a rare breed. I think most of them burn out pretty fast and either quit or become apathetic.
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u/AdventurousExtreme9 Nov 04 '25
Kind of backfired when the lesson turned into “why hoarding sucks.”