As was the history that I was taught in lily-white (10% Hispanic) Glendale in the 60's and 70's. Glendale High School had 5 black students out of 3000. Some of the history teachers were forward thinking, though most of them were still a joke. Let it be remembered forever that Glendale Ca, was a Sundowner town,
As was the history that I was taught in lily-white (10% Hispanic) Glendale in the 60's and 70's. Glendale High School had 5 black students out of 3000. Some of the history teachers were forward thinking, though most of them were still a joke. Let it be remembered forever that Glendale Ca, was a Sundowner town,
In 1950 or so, an Indian family moved to Glendale; one of the sons, Nehru, was in my class. Some of the fine local citizens lit a cross on the family’s front lawn, thinking the family was Black. “Oops, honest mistake,” was the common reaction when told they were from India. My father and mother were horrified, but I think few others were.
Just as Ally above mentioned that she was a "use of force" trainer, there needs to be training of teachers in the proper way to instruct these sensitive topics of slavery and racism in our schools. I am a retired Special Education teacher from NJ. The history curriculum in NJ requires the teaching of slavery in our elementary schools (starting in 5th gade). I have witnessed and heard of teachers having their students engage in projects such as holding 'slave auctions' writing advertisements for the selling of slaves, and acting out the transporting of slaves in the hulls of the ships by having the students lay down on the classrooom rug and squeeze in as close as possible. Teachers have gotten in trouble, reports of these 'lessons' have gone on the news, etc. Yet, it continues to happen. There needs to be training for such curriculum because so many people just don't get it!
I went to high school in a fairly liberal suburb of Sacramento. We had one Black student and he ended up committing suicide. (I have no idea what the circumstances were and the two could be entirely unrelated. Still...).
That's interesting. We had one black student at my high school - an outstanding athlete in several sports, high achiever academically. Committed suicide the month before the 10th year class reunion.
I would have assumed that suicide rates among black men would be generally high, but it turns out that's not the case. Indigenous men #1, followed by white men. All others far behind. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide
As was the history that I was taught in lily-white (10% Hispanic) Glendale in the 60's and 70's. Glendale High School had 5 black students out of 3000. Some of the history teachers were forward thinking, though most of them were still a joke. Let it be remembered forever that Glendale Ca, was a Sundowner town,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundown_town
In 1950 or so, an Indian family moved to Glendale; one of the sons, Nehru, was in my class. Some of the fine local citizens lit a cross on the family’s front lawn, thinking the family was Black. “Oops, honest mistake,” was the common reaction when told they were from India. My father and mother were horrified, but I think few others were.
My High School history teacher didn't like me so he nicknamed me "Adolph"... That would get your a** handed to you these days...
Just as Ally above mentioned that she was a "use of force" trainer, there needs to be training of teachers in the proper way to instruct these sensitive topics of slavery and racism in our schools. I am a retired Special Education teacher from NJ. The history curriculum in NJ requires the teaching of slavery in our elementary schools (starting in 5th gade). I have witnessed and heard of teachers having their students engage in projects such as holding 'slave auctions' writing advertisements for the selling of slaves, and acting out the transporting of slaves in the hulls of the ships by having the students lay down on the classrooom rug and squeeze in as close as possible. Teachers have gotten in trouble, reports of these 'lessons' have gone on the news, etc. Yet, it continues to happen. There needs to be training for such curriculum because so many people just don't get it!
I went to high school in a fairly liberal suburb of Sacramento. We had one Black student and he ended up committing suicide. (I have no idea what the circumstances were and the two could be entirely unrelated. Still...).
That's interesting. We had one black student at my high school - an outstanding athlete in several sports, high achiever academically. Committed suicide the month before the 10th year class reunion.
I would have assumed that suicide rates among black men would be generally high, but it turns out that's not the case. Indigenous men #1, followed by white men. All others far behind. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide