Title: Black history is not being taught properly in U.S. schools – Loquitur
Headings: Black history is not being taught properly in U.S. schools
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Black history is not being taught properly in U.S. schools
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Content: State lawmaker and member of Florida’s legislative black caucus, Geraldine Thompson, spoke to the Florida Phoenix about this issue: “ People are confusing celebrations and events and activities with instruction.” She asked local educators what they taught in regards to black history and they answered that they celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday. Celebrating MLK and Black History Month may be commendable, but it does not fulfill the requirements of black history in the school curriculum. This has been in Florida law for over 25 years and no one is being held accountable. In 2017, the Southern Poverty Law Center surveyed more than 1,700 U.S. social studies teachers, 1,000 U.S. high school seniors and inspected 12 popular U.S. history books to try and understand how black history is being taught and what is being learned by American students. According to The New York Times, here are their findings: “There was widespread slavery illiteracy among students. More than a third thought the Emancipation Proclamation formally ended slavery. ( It was actually the 13th Amendment)
Nearly 60 percent of teachers did not believe their textbook’s coverage of slavery was adequate.”