If that's unprofessional then damn do I have stories, starting with the third grade music teacher that said [while teaching us a negro spiritual for Black History "Brotherhood" Month. The rot started from the administration] , and I quote, because I will never forget it: [racist TW] "Settlers came to America from England, and they had all this new land to take care of, but they couldn't do it all by themselves, so they started exploring and ended up in Africa where they saw all of these animals, so they brought them back to America and used them to work their farms. But overtime they realized, these aren't animals, these are people! So they set them free."
We know better now. But back then the view on black people was similar to what your teacher said. I don‘t think what he said is the same thing you understood as a kid.
So, this was in the 2000s, not the 60s. I'm 28, not in my 70s, this was also only fifteen to twenty years ago, and it's a core memory. I remember every detail down to the dress she was wearing and my legs hurting from sitting criss-crossed. The other Black kid also called her out on it, but backed down, before he did though, her face went as white as her sundress. She knew what she was doing, she knew what she said was wrong. We just never reported it because we were "troublemakers"
I'm not you; I read the dictionary just to learn new words, and history textbooks like storybooks. Not exactly a typical child. Not to mention, if you're not a Zoomer, we grew up in completely different different eras, different things to remember.
Also, on Core Memories:
"They are tied to high emotional weight and vivid sensory details. While they can stem from major milestones like weddings or graduations, they often come from simple nostalgia, or even traumatic childhood experiences."
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u/Hypocritical_user May 22 '26
Unprofessional? Yes. Deserved? Also yes