The only parts of post reconstruction slavery told are that the blacks marched peacefully and we just decided to start being nice to them and integrating schools/bathrooms/neighborhoods.
Growing up in the US I was never taught about any violence the US government or society committed against its own people. That also excluded the Ludlow massacre and similar events where violence was used against workers instead of blacks.
Tulsa race massacre and black Wallstreet, the 1985 MOVE bombing, the Ludlow massacre, all our coups, totally absent from American history classes.
I grew up in Oklahoma and was not taught about it in high school. I believe they finally added it to the standards in the mid 2010’s. I’ve talked to many people who learned about it from the Watchman series of all things.
The Tulsa Race Massacre.
Fred Hampton’s story and assassination.
American kids are not taught about those in school.
I believe that’s the OP question. Americans aren’t taught those in school,so they’re the “keeping it real” history.
The question was about whitewashing, which implies that the topic was at least mentioned.
The whitewashing is “after slavery, everyone lived happily ever after”
The only parts of post reconstruction slavery told are that the blacks marched peacefully and we just decided to start being nice to them and integrating schools/bathrooms/neighborhoods.
Growing up in the US I was never taught about any violence the US government or society committed against its own people. That also excluded the Ludlow massacre and similar events where violence was used against workers instead of blacks.
Tulsa race massacre and black Wallstreet, the 1985 MOVE bombing, the Ludlow massacre, all our coups, totally absent from American history classes.
I grew up in Oklahoma and was not taught about it in high school. I believe they finally added it to the standards in the mid 2010’s. I’ve talked to many people who learned about it from the Watchman series of all things.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court shut down a request for reparations by survivors a few years ago.
Another lesser known black massacre was Wilmington. Here’s a great American Experience about it