Thursday, February 19, 2009
Problem with this course
I Feel that this course is forcing people to relive events that have already come and past and to try and bring back up as a cause for things that are occurring currently. I am not trying to play down the fact that African Americans were extremely mistreated in the begging years of the United States of America's existence. However there are better things to do than dwell on the past and make accusations of why something occurred. I haven's heard/seen any member of Jewish society bringing back up the holocaust and dwelling on past events. We can't change the past but we can change the future. I personally or anyone in my family lineage had any role in slavery, however I feel like the finger is pointed at me during some of this class. I also think that there isn't a huge reason to be talking about "white-mainstream" that further separates people from being able to live in a society peacefully and prosperously. while i do believe a need for this course currently it wouldn't be needed if grade schools and other history courses throughout education levels taught the basis of all cultures, as something to learn from, not dwell on. There isnt a Japanese-American course provided even though the were severely wronged during WWII being put into internment camps and such. There needs to be more cohabitation and less trying to separate each other or pit them against on another. Please realize that I am just trying to advocate a way for people to get along and prosper, for the good of humanity.
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No one is pointing fingers at any individuals by saying that there is a historical legacy that affects contemporary American society, but my point is that it is because of the history that you as a white man enjoy privileges in this society today that the rest of us have to continually fight for, such as the privilege to ignore the past and act as if it doesn't matter at all. The Jewish people I know, and the Japanese Americans too, are very aware of the historical legacies they face, and also make use of opportunities to educate others about them; the difference is, the few people who might say that the Holocaust or the internment never occurred are typically regarded as being stupid cranks, while black Americans still have to explain that slavery even happened, and still determines a lot about their quality of life today. "Getting along" can't happen by trying to erase the past if we don't understand the past, and accept that it does influence our present.
ReplyDeleteI am not trying to forget the past but learn from it and move on not dwell on dark times in the history of human life. Personally I haven't heard someone try to claim slavery never happened. Everyone needs to embrace the past and move towards the future and hopefully it is brighter.
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