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My Apache history teacher on Native American History was great!
Really radicalized me!
I can only imagine the shock of learning Native American History.
I’m not even USian, but I was genuinely horrified after learning its history by the Communist perspective.
Like damn, I thought that it was a regular country with a rough economy, but it is literally unredeemable from its inception to today.
On a more positive note, Native American’s endurance is also inspiring. Hope I can meet one one day. May Turtle Island be free someday.
There was a lot of sympathy for Indigenous folks growing up in my classrooms. But also lots of racism among students (among all races, mind you; “race jokes” or racist jokes were also very rife). I think we just kinda had more sympathy for Indigenous folks though. But I feel that it was also borne out of some misconceptions and a sense of “pity” or whatever you call it; but the Indigenous definitely suffered alright and the U.S.'s policies to them are still genocidal to this day.
It also helped that we have a few Indigenous teachers even in grade school (elementary to high school).
The history on Indigenous history on the Americas (with a focus on the United States in particular) was very useful to me.
I had it in college. Honestly, I remember it well. It was arguably the first class that was truly kinda formative to me intellectually-speaking.
But honestly?
My schooling years sucked.
Evangelical principal that allowed sexual abuse to happen while he looked the other way (this was in my high school); constantly being sent to special ed classes; being almost killed and threatened by a racist who later joined the National Guard; rampant racist bullying in general; teachers allowing racist discourse, etc.
That sucks. Here in Brazil there was a lot of shit that happened against the Indigenous people, but it was mostly concentrated on the coastline up to the 1940s and there isn’t a lot of cultural bias towards genocide ( some massacres unfortunately happened and nobody got punished).
Still, the “pity” exists here as well. It’s hard to describe it.
Also, I hope you got some peace after school.
Never happened.
Still hasn’t.
I was abused after my narcissistic father left around 2020 by another group of people for almost five years or thereabouts.
My siblings are still loyal and visit my father.
One of them is literally a fascist and takes after his father.
I am leaving the country soon and away from my family so that’s good at least.
Comrade, I’m sorry that you’ve suffered so much. I’m also happy that you’re able to get away from them. You will get your peace, that I’m sure.
Thank you!