Don’t get me wrong, my Slavic and Irish ancestors weren’t exactly treated like normal people when and after they arrived, but it’s all the same thing over and over again in my ancestry. My family tree is currently transforming as well. I have asian and black cousins, hispanic nieces and nephews, etc.
It’s gonna be the same thing in 1,000 years. Some group pissing and moaning about how mean another group is, with my multi-flavored descendents looking at their arguments for the completely non-unique garbage they are (as presented that is).
it’s readily available … as is the history of black slavery. Someone here in this thread claims to know all about white history too… so that’s proof that this information is readily available.
A 2016 Stanford University report looked at ethnic-studies classes in San Francisco high schools and found that attendance increased by 21% and GPA increased by 1.4 grade points. There were significant effects on GPA specific to math and science, the study said, and boys and Hispanic students improved the most.
“When students can see themselves in curriculum and see diversity in curriculum, they respond better,” Au said. “And, it can help white students understand themselves better. Structural racism in the country has mistaught white people about themselves that they don’t have culture, that they don’t have roots.”
This mindset extends to mathematics and science, Castro-Gill said.
“There are studies that talk about specifically black and brown students not being seen as scientists or mathematicians … It affects their efficacy, their ability to engage in that kind of learning,” she said. “That’s why identity is so core to math and science.”
I can see where they are coming from. I don’t particularly agree with it though. Ethnicity and Race doesn’t need to be brought into everything. That’s going a bit too far.
“We do talk about institutionalized racism and the histories and trajectories of racism in the country, but that doesn’t mean white kids need to be demonized in that process,” he said.