Texas GOP Pushes to Whitewash American History for Schoolchildren

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So you believe that all wealth that this country possesses, and that white people individually possess, is all due to slavery and Indian removal? Not only is that objectively false, but is a slap in the face to the tens of millions of European laborers who sailed to America to work in our factories, shipyards, mines, and railroads.

Or maybe you're just one of the ones who's been a product of the same false classroom lessons I had to go through in the public school system, except you've been foolish enough to allow yourself to be indoctrinated by them. In that case, my condolences.

(Not that you asked me specifically, but) No, I don't believe that. I also don't believe that that's literally and unexaggeratedly what you were taught in high school.

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So you believe that all wealth that this country possesses, and that white people individually possess, is all due to slavery and Indian removal? Not only is that objectively false, but is a slap in the face to the tens of millions of European laborers who sailed to America to work in our factories, shipyards, mines, and railroads.

Or maybe you're just one of the ones who's been a product of the same false classroom lessons I had to go through in the public school system, except you've been foolish enough to allow yourself to be indoctrinated by them. In that case, my condolences.

(Not that you asked me specifically, but) No, I don't believe that. I also don't believe that that's literally and unexaggeratedly what you were taught in high school.

While I can't speak for all public schools in the area, yes, we had indeed been literally taught that the wealth of America was by and large generated by slavery and Indian removal, which Hindsight believes is apparently "ridiculous" to question, which goes to show I was probably not the only one who heard this in public school

I mean, you're already walking it back from "all" to "by and large."

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So you believe that all wealth that this country possesses, and that white people individually possess, is all due to slavery and Indian removal? Not only is that objectively false, but is a slap in the face to the tens of millions of European laborers who sailed to America to work in our factories, shipyards, mines, and railroads.

Or maybe you're just one of the ones who's been a product of the same false classroom lessons I had to go through in the public school system, except you've been foolish enough to allow yourself to be indoctrinated by them. In that case, my condolences.

(Not that you asked me specifically, but) No, I don't believe that. I also don't believe that that's literally and unexaggeratedly what you were taught in high school.

While I can't speak for all public schools in the area, yes, we had indeed been literally taught that the wealth of America was by and large generated by slavery and Indian removal, which Hindsight believes is apparently "ridiculous" to question, which goes to show I was probably not the only one who heard this in public school

I mean, you're already walking it back from "all" to "by and large."

Actually, in my original post I said "essentially all," which is my paraphrase for, "nearly all," i.e. "by and large." Obviously I have to paraphrase to a certain extent because I haven't been in a high school classroom for at least five years. You can split hairs all you want, but it in indisputable that they were referring to the vast majority of the wealth, regardless of whatever exact percentage you want to give it.

Apparently not, since I think you're exaggerating due to your personal biases.