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Elementary school children in a detention camp for Japanese-Americans, California, USA, WW2, 1942 (upload.wikimedia.org)
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[–] [S] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Luckily, I grew up in a time (and state - deep blue) where it was taught, but even then I was acutely aware that it was a very recent change in the curriculum. In many places in the US I'm sure it's still not on the curriculum - or quietly skipped or skimmed over.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago*

    I grew up in the deep dark pines of Texas, but I had a good civics teacher. She taught us about this, and how Japan was trying to surrender before Nagazaki, and about Eugene Debs, and about the ERA.

    Sadly that school district got rid of Civics, Home Ec, Metal Shop, Auto Shop and Programming Class during no child left behind.... Explains how we're getting the politicians we get so easily now.

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