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  • fooler0

    Today I received an email from my kids school district apologizing for including the book The First Thanksgiving in their elementary curriculum and informing us that they will be removing all the books that contain stereotypical cartoon images of Native Americans.

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    • and while we're at it we've decided to rename this holiday to more accurately portray history and will henceforth be known as Thankstaking._niko
    • you're telling the school is removing not so historically accurate curriculum?pango
    • Words are violenceGnash
    • yes people only apologize when they're being violent.pango
    • Americans wont rest until every image and every mention of Native Americans is deleted from historydrgs
    • yes, that's exactly the point.pango
    • I dunno that seems fair. You know, on account of Native Americans being all but wiped out.. raped etc.Projectile
    • Yes, removing all the cartoons will make up for it. Americans are like compulsive hand washers, but the racism is not coming offdrgs
    • After all the genocide and rape. Since removing cartoons that was made to mock them won't make things better. Let's keep mocking them. Sounds about right.pango
    • What is meant by "stereotypical cartoon images of Native Americans"? Would this be one of them: https://tinyurl.com/…drgs
    • I don't know. Gotta ask native Americans.pango
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