'It Was Very Humiliating': Readers Share How They Were Taught About Slavery - The New Y... - 0 views
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Inspired by Nikita Stewart’s essay for The 1619 Project on why slavery is taught so poorly in American schools, we asked readers to tell us about their own experiences learning this history. We received hundreds of responses depicting off-base and factually inconsistent lessons, as well as a few thoughtful approaches.
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brickol on 09 Oct 19The same events can have varying interpretations
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my textbook said that many enslaved people were “sad” that slavery ended, because their enslavers took care of them and gave them food and clothing.
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we discussed the semantic difference between the phrases “they were given freedom” and “they took their freedom.”The conclusion of the lesson was that “to take” implies that one is retrieving what has been stolen and is a phrase of power, whereas “to give” implies that freedom is not an inherent trait but rather a state to be bestowed by a benefactor